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Semiotics - the study of the general principles of signs and sign systems - is crucial to an understanding of human nature, both social and psychological. The sign systems that we use for interaction with other living beings determine our potential for thought and social action, and language is central among them. It is the implicit claim of this two-volume work that linguistics has something very specific to give to semiotics, and many would further claim that relational network models of language in particular, i.e. systematic and stratificational linguistics, have a fundamental contribution to make.>
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Foreword
Introduction
Robin P. Fawcett, M.A.K. Halliday, Sydney M. Lamb and Adam Makkai1 As to Psychosemiotics
W.C. Watt2 Two Models of Narrative Structure: A Consultation
L.M. O'Toole3 Relations Between Environmental and Linguistic Structure
Donald Preziosi4 Semiotics of Language and Culture: A Relational Approach
Sydney M. Lamb5 Prolegomena to an Understanding of Semiotics and Culture
Ashok R. Kelkar6 System Networks, Codes, and Knowledge of the Universe
Robin P. FawcettIndex
About the author
Robin P. Fawcett is a Research Professor in Linguistics and Director of the Computational Linguistics Unit at the Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK.
M.A.K. Halliday is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Sydney Lamb is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Rice University in Texas, USA.
Adam Makkai is Emeritus Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
