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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461957303321

Autore

Haarmann Harald

Titolo

Language in its cultural embedding [[electronic resource] ] : explorations in the relativity of signs and sign systems / / by Harald Haarmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1990

ISBN

3-11-086754-0

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Studies in Anthropological Linguistics ; ; 4

Disciplina

306/.4

Soggetti

Culture - Semiotic models

Language and culture

Signs and symbols

Anthropological linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-270) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Reality, models of reality and sign systems: Interaction in a culture-related context -- Chapter 2 The microstructure of the linguistic sign and its relation to cultural settings: A componential analysis of the process of signification -- Chapter 3 Language as a sigmatic fixative of reality: Parameters of semiotic relativity -- Chapter 4 Language as a semiotic seismograph of acculturation: The problem of variability in sign systems -- Chapter 5 The world of signs and applied semiotics: An interpretative approach to ancient and modern cultures -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Index of names -- Backmatter