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Autore |
Thibault Paul J |
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Titolo |
Brain, mind, and the signifying body [[electronic resource] ] : an ecosocial semiotic theory / / Paul J. Thibault ; with a foreword by M.A.K. Halliday |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-4411-7118-5 |
1-281-29898-0 |
1-283-12321-5 |
9786611298982 |
9786613123213 |
1-84714-152-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Semiotics - Social aspects |
Psycholinguistics |
Discourse analysis |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-330) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword by M.A.K. Halliday; Preface; PART I; Chapter 1:Introduction; Part II; Chapter 2: Sensori-motor Activity, Movement, and Social Meaning-making: Rethinking the Expression Plane of Semiosis; Chapter 3: Body Dynamics, Meaning-making, and Scale Heterogeneity: Expression and Content as Cross-scalar Semiotic Processes Embedding the Body-brain in its Ecosocial Environment; Part III; Chapter 4: The Semiotic Basis of Consciousness |
Chapter 5: The Metafunctional Character of Consciousness: Some Correlations Between the Neurobiological and Semiotic DimensionsChapter 6: Brain, Meaning, and Consciousness; Epilogue; References; Name Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Brain, Mind and the Signifying Body is an exploration of a multimodal theory of cognitive science. Using linguistic theories first developed by Saussure and more latterly by M. A. K. Halliday, Paul Thibault analyses |
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