Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: | Welby Victoria, Lady, <1837-1912.> |
Titolo: | What is meaning? [[electronic resource] ] : studies in the development of significance / / by Victoria Lady Welby |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (395 p.) |
Soggetto topico: | Meaning (Psychology) |
Semantics (Philosophy) | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | MannouryGerrit EschbachAchim |
Note generali: | Reprint of the edition London, 1903, with an introduction essay by Gerrit Mannoury and a preface by Achim Eschbach. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | WHAT IS MEANING Studies in the Development of Significance; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; SIGNIFICS AS A FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A CONCISE HISTORY OF SIGNIFICS; Dedication; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I.; CHAPTER II.; CHAPTER III.; CHAPTER IV.; CHAPTER V.; CHAPTER VI.; CHAPTER VII.; CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX.; CHAPTER X.; CHAPTER XI.; CHAPTER XII.; CHAPTER XIII.; CHAPTER XIV.; CHAPTER XV.; CHAPTER XVI.; CHAPTER XVII.; CHAPTER XVIII.; CHAPTER XIX.; CHAPTER XXI.; CHAPTER XXII.; CHAPTER XXIII.; CHAPTER XXIV.; CHAPTER XXV.; CHAPTER XXVI. |
CHAPTER XXVII.CHAPTER XXVIII.; CHAPTER XXIX.; CHAPTER XXX.; CHAPTER XXXI.; CHAPTER XXXII.; APPENDIX | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In ""What is Meaning"" (1903) the author elaborates on the fundamental tenets of her theory of sign, to which she give the overall term 'significs'. One of the main obstacles to an adequate theory of meaning, in Lady Welby's opinion, is the unfounded assumption of fixed sign meaning. ""There is, strictly speaking, no such thing as the Sense of a word, but only the sense in which it is used - the circumstances, state of mind, reference, 'universe of discourse' belonging to it. The Meaning of a word is the intent which it is desired to convey - the intention of the user. The Significance is alwa |
Titolo autorizzato: | What is meaning |
ISBN: | 1-283-32879-8 |
9786613328793 | |
90-272-8045-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457510103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |