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Date: 09-Jun-2011
From: Chris Humphrey [chumphrey at c-s-p.org]
Subject: On Meaning: Individuation and Identity--The Definition of a World
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Title: On Meaning: Individuation and Identity--The Definition of a World
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Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Author: Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira

Hardback: ISBN:  9781443829250 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 39.99


Abstract:

Meaning, the complex phenomenon of individuation and the definition of 
identity are the core theme of this work. Grounded on a theoretical framework 
that gives particular emphasis to the semiotic process common to all forms 
of cognition, human cognition is conceived here as specific of organisms 
that, in the course of their interactions, produce symbolic forms, defining the 
specific physical, social and cultural environments in which they evolve. 
Individuation, inherent to that semiotic process, is complex and double-sided. 
It involves, on one hand, the definition of semantic identities and their 
acknowledgment as world objects - naming; on the other hand, it 
comprehends the specific lexical and morphosyntactic strategies different 
languages have found to designate particular entities- referring. The definition 
of world objects and its symbolic translation presents variations from 
language to language. In the second part, we define what we have called a 
"structure-motivated ontology" to represent how this symbolic translation is 
accomplished in English and European Portuguese. Plus, we try to show how 
the nature of this symbolic translation affects structural realisation, namely 
the individuation of reference and the construal of "one-off referring" 
expressions. 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Morphology
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Portuguese (por)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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