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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781958503321

Autore

Welby Victoria, Lady, <1837-1912.>

Titolo

What is meaning? : studies in the development of significance / / Victoria Lady Welby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983

ISBN

1-283-32879-8

9786613328793

90-272-8045-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xlii, xxxi, 321 pages) : portrait

Collana

Foundations of semiotics ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

MannouryG <1867-1956.> (Gerrit)

EschbachAchim

Soggetti

Meaning (Psychology)

Semantics (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of the edition London, 1903, with an introduction essay by Gerrit Mannoury and a preface by Achim Eschbach.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

WHAT IS MEANING Studies in the Development of Significance; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; SIGNIFICS AS A FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A CONCISE HISTORY OF SIGNIFICS; Dedication; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I.; CHAPTER II.; CHAPTER III.; CHAPTER IV.; CHAPTER V.; CHAPTER VI.; CHAPTER VII.; CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX.; CHAPTER X.; CHAPTER XI.; CHAPTER XII.; CHAPTER XIII.; CHAPTER XIV.; CHAPTER XV.; CHAPTER XVI.; CHAPTER XVII.; CHAPTER XVIII.; CHAPTER XIX.; CHAPTER XXI.; CHAPTER XXII.; CHAPTER XXIII.; CHAPTER XXIV.; CHAPTER XXV.; CHAPTER XXVI; CHAPTER XXVII; CHAPTER XXVIII.; CHAPTER XXIX.; CHAPTER XXX.; CHAPTER XXXI.; CHAPTER XXXII.; APPENDIX

Sommario/riassunto

In "What is Meaning" (1903) the author elaborates on the fundamental tenets of her theory of sign, to which she give the overall term significs . One of the main obstacles to an adequate theory of meaning, in Lady Welby s opinion, is the unfounded assumption of fixed sign meaning. "There is, strictly speaking, no such thing as the Sense of a word, but only the sense in which it is used the circumstances, state of mind, reference, universe of discourse belonging to it. The Meaning of a word



is the intent which it is desired to convey the intention of the user. The Significance is always manifold, and intensifies its sense as well as its meaning, by expressing its importance, its appeal to us, its moment for us, its emotional force, its ideal value, its moral aspect, its universal or at least social range." This facsimile of the 1903 edition of "What is Meaning" is accompanied by an essay on "Significs as a Fundamental Science" by Achim Eschbach, and "A Concise History of Significs" by G. Mannoury.