03828nam 2200853 a 450 991081491490332120230207224424.01-4411-7118-51-281-29898-01-283-12321-5978661129898297866131232131-84714-152-8(CKB)1000000000411027(EBL)436069(OCoLC)290596109(SSID)ssj0000543143(PQKBManifestationID)12195937(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543143(PQKBWorkID)10530766(PQKB)10444931(SSID)ssj0000114322(PQKBManifestationID)11129948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114322(PQKBWorkID)10102257(PQKB)11763551(MiAaPQ)EBC3002906(MiAaPQ)EBC5119882(Au-PeEL)EBL3002906(CaPaEBR)ebr10224789(CaONFJC)MIL312321(OCoLC)929148502(MiAaPQ)EBC1744046(MiAaPQ)EBC436069(Au-PeEL)EBL436069(OCoLC)893333856(Au-PeEL)EBL5119882(CaONFJC)MIL129898(OCoLC)1024276818(EXLCZ)99100000000041102720040927d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBrain, mind, and the signifying body an ecosocial semiotic theory /Paul J. Thibault ; with a foreword by M.A.K. Halliday1st ed.London ;New York Continuum20041 online resource (363 p.)Open linguistics seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-9253-3 0-8264-6965-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-330) and indexes.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 ConsciousnessChapter 5: The Metafunctional Character of Consciousness: Some Correlations Between the Neurobiological and Semiotic DimensionsChapter 6: Brain, Meaning, and Consciousness; Epilogue; References; Name Index; Subject IndexBrain, 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 soOpen linguistics series.SemioticsSocial aspectsPsycholinguisticsDiscourse analysisSemioticsSocial aspects.Psycholinguistics.Discourse analysis.302.2Thibault Paul J283030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814914903321Brain, mind, and the signifying body3948577UNINA