37.59, Books: Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective: Auxent and Most (eds.) (2025)

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Date: 07-Jan-2026
From: Rosanna Woensdregt [rosanna.woensdregt at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective: Auxent and Most (eds.) (2025)


Title: Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective
Subtitle: Premodern and Early Modern Sources in Original and
Translation
Series Title: Ancient Languages and Civilizations
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/70804

Editor(s): Maria Auxent and Glenn W. Most

Hardback ISBN: 978-90-04-70717-7
E-book ISBN: 978-90-04-73722-8 (Open Access)

Abstract:

Theories and practices of signification have flourished across space
and time. This book examines premodern thinking on signs in ancient
Greek philosophy, Chinese divination, Islamic theology, Hebrew
epistemology, medieval Latin logic, South Asian language theory, and
early modern European artificial languages. Each chapter analyzes and
contextualizes key primary sources presented in their original
language and English translation, offering rich resources for
comparative analysis of approaches to semiosis in religious and
scholarly exegesis, prognostication, and the philosophical search for
distinctions between natural and artificial signs. The volume brings
to light both universal concerns and unique cultural features that
shaped the evolution of semiotics.
Readership: This volume contributes to discussions in philosophy,
religion, logic, science, and linguistics, targeting scholarly
audiences and graduate and undergraduate teaching in global history
across ancient, medieval, and early modern periods.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language

Subject Language(s): Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
                     Ancient Hebrew (hbo)
                     Chinese (zho)
                     Latin (lat)

Written In: English (eng)



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