Signifying and Understanding : : Reading the Works of Victoria Welby and the Signific Movement /

Signifying and Understanding : : Reading the Works of Victoria Welby and the Signific Movement / / Susan Petrilli.

The theory of signifying (significs), formulated and introduced by Victoria Welby for the first time in 1890s, is at the basis of much of twentieth-century linguistics, as well as in other language and communication sciences such as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, translation theory and semioti...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Petrilli, Susan,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Semiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC] , 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1048 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Welby’s intellectual development and writings
  • The texts
  • Chapter 2
  • Moving towards What is Meaning? (1903)
  • The texts
  • Chapter 3
  • A theory of meaning. Significs
  • The texts
  • Chapter 4
  • Modelling signifying processes. Imagery, critique of language, education and temporality
  • The texts
  • Chapter 5
  • Translation and meaning from a significal perspective
  • The texts
  • Chapter 6
  • Mother-sense and subjectivity
  • The texts
  • Chapter 7
  • Welby’s influence. Theories and movements
  • The texts
  • Chapter 8
  • Review of the literature. Writings on Welby and significs
  • The texts
  • Backmatter

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