Sangster Reinventing Structuralism

What Sign Relations Reveal About Consciousness
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-030497-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 264, 229 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries; Researchers and Advanced Students with an Interest in the Field of Structuralism; Any Lay Person Interested in How Language Works

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sangster, Rodney B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Introduction: The promise of modern-day structuralism;13
3;1 Seeking the correlates of meaning in language;27
4;2 Sign relations as organic properties of mind;33
5;3 Language as a self-organizing system;41
6;4 Applying the sign principle to grammatical meaning;47
6.1;4.1 Past/non-past: The cancellation feature;48
6.2;4.2 Future/non-future: The objectiveness feature;52
6.3;4.3 Perfective/imperfective: The dimensionality feature;56
6.4;4.4 Plural/non-plural: The plurality feature;58
6.5;4.5 Relations creating separation: The distinctness feature;61
6.6;4.6 Relations defined on the present as a conceptual property: The extension feature;63
7;5 Case relations as a product of grammatical selection;67
7.1;5.1 The Russian accusative and instrumental;68
7.2;5.2 The Russian genitive and genitive/accusative;72
7.3;5.3 The Russian dative and subjectless sentences;76
7.4;5.4 The system of Russian cases;78
8;6 Extending the sign principle to syntax;81
8.1;6.1 The modification relation in English: The extension feature;85
8.2;6.2 The modification relation in Russian: The dimensionality feature;97
8.3;6.3 The modification relation in French: The plurality feature;106
9;7 The potential of sign theory in the domain of lexical meaning;113
9.1;7.1 Preliminary concepts;120
9.2;7.2 Verbal lexical systems;126
9.3;7.3 Nominal lexical systems;136
10;8 The feature hierarchy that defines human conceptual space;149
10.1;8.1 The evidence from transpersonal psychology;152
10.2;8.2 The evidence from the study of myth;157
11;9 Neurological evidence for the evolution of higher-order consciousness;165
11.1;9.1 The neurological structure of consciousness;165
11.2;9.2 The evolution of the language faculty;174
11.3;9.3 The sign relation and the origin of image-making;182
12;10 The position of structuralism in the modern era;193
12.1;10.1 Saussure’s langue and parole;193
12.2;10.2 Derrida’s différance;195
12.3;10.3 Lévi-strauss’ contentless structure;197
12.4;10.4 Lacan’s symbolic order;199
12.5;10.5 Bybee’s usage-based grammar;201
12.6;10.6 Jakobson’s relative autonomy;203
13;Epilogue: The wisdom of the primal mind;207
14;Bibliography;213
15;Glossary;219
16;Index;225

Über Autor(innen)

Rodney B. Sangster, University of California, USA.