Semantics and the Body - Meaning from Frege to the Postmodern

Horst Ruthrof argues that the body is an integral part of this hermeneutic activity and proposes that language is no more than a symbolic grid which does not signify at all unless it is brought to life by non-linguistic signs.

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By Horst Ruthrof

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Horst Ruthrof argues that the body is an integral part of this hermeneutic activity and proposes that language is no more than a symbolic grid which does not signify at all unless it is brought to life by non-linguistic signs.

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• Authors: Horst Ruthrof
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.12.1997
• EAN: 9780802079930
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7993-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 153 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 524 g
• Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics; Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication; Toronto Studies in Semiotics a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics