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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785095103321

Autore

Thibault Paul J

Titolo

Brain, mind, and the signifying body [[electronic resource] ] : an ecosocial semiotic theory / / Paul J. Thibault ; with a foreword by M.A.K. Halliday

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2004

ISBN

1-4411-7118-5

1-281-29898-0

1-283-12321-5

9786611298982

9786613123213

1-84714-152-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Collana

Open linguistics series

Disciplina

302.2

Soggetti

Semiotics - Social aspects

Psycholinguistics

Discourse analysis

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. [318]-330) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



how social and biological systems interact to produce meaning. This fascinating study will be of interest to undergraduates and academics researching cognitive linguistics and advanced semiotics. The book engages with the current dialogue between the human and life sciences to ask questions about the relationship between the physical, biological aspects of a human being, and the so