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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824880603321

Autore

Pharies David A

Titolo

Charles S. Peirce and the linguistic sign / / by David A. Pharies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1985

ISBN

1-283-32865-8

9786613328656

90-272-7971-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Collana

Foundations of semiotics, , 0168-2555 ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

149.946

149/.946

Soggetti

Semiotics - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CHARLES S. PEIRCE AND THE LINGUISTIC SIGN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Notes to the Introduction; Chapter One. The Sign, Semiosis, and Pragmatism; Phenomenological Categories; Semiotic; The Semiotic Triad; Sign; Object; Interpretant; Semiosis; Pragmatic Theory of Meaning; Pragmatic Theory of Truth; Pragmatics and Semiotic; Ideational and Behavioral Theories of Meaning; Notes to Chapter One; Chapter Two. Sign Typology; Ground of Representation; Mixed Grounding; Genuine vs. Degenerate Triads; Icon; Index; Symbol; Sign Types and Reasoning

Notes to Chapter Two Chapter Three. Lexical Icons; The Arbitrariness Principle; Diagrammatic Iconicity; Imaginai iconicity; Homonymy and Iconicity; Regression in Lexical Iconicity; Notes to Chapter Three; Chapter Four. Lexical Indices; Onomatopoeic Indices; Diachronic Nature of Indexicality; Infantile Lexical Indices; Gestural Indices; Cross-modal Indices; Notes to Chapter Four; Chapter Five. Sound Symbolism; Defining Sound Symbolism; Analytical List of Relevant Phenomena; Five Approaches to the Data; Conclusion; Strategies for Further Investigation; Notes to Chapter Five

Selected Bibliography INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph is about the semiotics of lexical signs, and is of particular interest for historical linguists, in particular those interested



in etymology. Specialists in linguistic change have long noticed that certain classes of words seem to be in part exempt from regular patterns of sound change, or perhaps more likely to undergo unusual analogical shifts. The problem is far worse for the etymologist, since the lexicon of every language contains some hundreds of semiotically problematic vocables which must, if the etymological dictionaries are ever to be completed, be explained somehow.