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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967552803321

Autore

Haarmann Harald

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9783110867541

3110867540

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in anthropological linguistics ; ; 4

Classificazione

ER 740

Disciplina

306/.4

Soggetti

Culture - Semiotic models

Language and culture

Signs and symbols

Anthropological linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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