Biosemiotics, politics and Th.A. Sebeok’s move from linguistics to semiotics
Book chapter
Cannizzaro, S. and Cobley, P. 2015. Biosemiotics, politics and Th.A. Sebeok’s move from linguistics to semiotics. in: Velmezova, E., Kull, K. and Cowley, S. (ed.) Biosemiotic Perspectives on Language and Linguistic Springer.
Chapter title | Biosemiotics, politics and Th.A. Sebeok’s move from linguistics to semiotics |
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Authors | Cannizzaro, S. and Cobley, P. |
Abstract | This paper will focus on the political implications for the language sciences of Sebeok’s move from linguistics to a global semiotic perspective, a move that ultimately resulted in biosemiotics. The paper will seek to make more explicit the political bearing of a biosemiotic perspective in the language sciences and the human sciences in general. In particular, it will discuss the definition of language inherent in Sebeok’s project and the fundamental re-drawing of the grounds of linguistic debate heralded by Sebeok’s embrace of the concept of modelling. Thus far, the political co-ordinates of the biosemiotic project have not really been made explicit. This paper will therefore seek to outline |
Research Group | English Language and Literature |
Book title | Biosemiotic Perspectives on Language and Linguistic |
Editors | Velmezova, E., Kull, K. and Cowley, S. |
Publisher | Springer |
Series | Biosemiotics |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9783319206622 |
Publication dates | |
12 Nov 2015 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 14 Jun 2016 |
Accepted | 17 Feb 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an accepted manuscript version of a chapter published in Biosemiotic Perspectives on Language and Linguistic. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20663-9_11 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20663-9_11 |
Language | English |
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