Linguistic Supertypes: A Cognitive-Semiotic Theory of Human Communication

Per Durst-Andersen

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2012

Linguistic Supertypes

A Cognitive-Semiotic Theory of Human Communication

Per Durst-Andersen

Volume 6 in the series Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110253153

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The book offers a completely new view of language and of languages such as Russian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Georgian, Danish and English by dividing them into three supertypes on the basis of a step-by-step examination of their relationship to perception and cognition, their representation of situations and their use in oral and written discourse. The dynamic processing of visual stimuli involves three stages: input (experience), intake (understanding) and outcome (a combination). The very choice among three modalities of existence gives a language a certain voice -- either the voice of reality based on situations, the speaker's voice involving experiences or the hearer's voice grounded on information. This makes grammar a prime index: all symbols are static and impotent and need a vehicle, i.e. grammar, which can bring them to the proper point of reference. Language is shown to be a living organism with a determinant category, aspect, mood or tense, which conquers territory from other potential competitors trying to create harmony between verbal and nominal categories. It is demonstrated that the communication processes are different in the three supertypes, although in all three cases the speaker must choose between a public and a private voice before the grammar is put into use.

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Per Durst-Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Part I: Language and beyond
Chapter 1. Language and situations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. Language and perception Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter 3. Language and cognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Part II: Grammar and communication
Chapter 4. Grammar and pragmatics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Chapter 5. Grammar and semiotics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Part III: Language inside out
Chapter 6. From types to supertypes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter 7. The basic voice of language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Chapter 8. Linguistic expansion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Chapter 9. The principal and secondary voice of language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Focusing summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Definition list Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Institutional Libraries, Students and Researchers of General Linguistics, Language Typology, and Semiotics
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 314
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20
- Tables: 22
Keywords: Language Typology; Pragmatics; Semiotics and Communication

eBook

Published: February 28, 2011
ISBN: 9783110253153

Hardcover

Published: February 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110253139

Paperback

Published: March 15, 2012
ISBN: 9783110253146