Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Meaning, mind and communication : Explorations in cognitive semiotics

Zlatev, Jordan LU ; Sonesson, Göran LU orcid and Konderak, Piotr (2016)
Abstract

This volume constitutes the first anthology of texts in cognitive semiotics - the new transdisciplinary study of meaning, mind and communication that combines concepts and methods from semiotics, cognitive science and linguistics - from a multitude of established and younger scholars. The chapters deal with the interaction between language and other semiotic resources, the role of consciousness and concepts, the nature of metaphor, the specificity of human evolution and development, the relation between cognitive semiotics and related fields, and other central topics. They are grouped in four sections: (i) Meta-theoretical perspectives, (ii) Semiotic development and evolution, (iii) Meaning across media, modes and modalities, (iv)... (More)

This volume constitutes the first anthology of texts in cognitive semiotics - the new transdisciplinary study of meaning, mind and communication that combines concepts and methods from semiotics, cognitive science and linguistics - from a multitude of established and younger scholars. The chapters deal with the interaction between language and other semiotic resources, the role of consciousness and concepts, the nature of metaphor, the specificity of human evolution and development, the relation between cognitive semiotics and related fields, and other central topics. They are grouped in four sections: (i) Meta-theoretical perspectives, (ii) Semiotic development and evolution, (iii) Meaning across media, modes and modalities, (iv) Language, blends and metaphors.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
editor
LU ; LU orcid and Konderak, Piotr
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
pages
482 pages
publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Group
external identifiers
  • scopus:85034394524
ISBN
9783653049480
9783631657041
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0
project
Phenomenology and Typology of Motion
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
0b41065a-cf8e-4107-99df-0d153140abd4
date added to LUP
2017-12-08 14:32:37
date last changed
2024-06-24 07:26:57
@book{0b41065a-cf8e-4107-99df-0d153140abd4,
  abstract     = {{<p>This volume constitutes the first anthology of texts in cognitive semiotics - the new transdisciplinary study of meaning, mind and communication that combines concepts and methods from semiotics, cognitive science and linguistics - from a multitude of established and younger scholars. The chapters deal with the interaction between language and other semiotic resources, the role of consciousness and concepts, the nature of metaphor, the specificity of human evolution and development, the relation between cognitive semiotics and related fields, and other central topics. They are grouped in four sections: (i) Meta-theoretical perspectives, (ii) Semiotic development and evolution, (iii) Meaning across media, modes and modalities, (iv) Language, blends and metaphors.</p>}},
  editor       = {{Zlatev, Jordan and Sonesson, Göran and Konderak, Piotr}},
  isbn         = {{9783653049480}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Book Editor}},
  publisher    = {{Peter Lang Publishing Group}},
  title        = {{Meaning, mind and communication : Explorations in cognitive semiotics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0}},
  doi          = {{10.3726/978-3-653-04948-0}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}