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Brain, mind, and the signifying body : an ecosocial semiotic theory
- Title
- Brain, mind, and the signifying body : an ecosocial semiotic theory / Paul J. Thibault ; with a foreword by M.A.K. Halliday.
- Author
- Thibault, Paul J.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | P99.4.S62 T42 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 344 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This book engages with the current dialogue between the human and life sciences to ask questions about the relationship between the physical, biological aspects of a human being, and the socio-cultural framework in which a human being exists." "Paul J. Thibault argues that we need to understand both the semiotic, discursive nature of meaning-making, and the physical context in which this activity takes place. The two are inseparable, and hence the only way we can understand our subjective experience of our environment and our perceptions of our inner states of mind is by giving equal weight to both frameworks. This 'ecosocial semiotic' theory engages with linguistics, semiotic, activity theory, biology and psychology. In so doing, the book produces a new way of looking at how a human being makes sense of his or her environment, but also how this environment shapes such meanings." "This study of linguistic theory will be of interest to academics and postgraduates researching applied linguistics and advanced semiotics."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Open linguistics series
- Uniform Title
- Open linguistics series
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-330) and indexes.
- Contents
- Foreword / M. A. K. Halliday -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Sensori-motor activity, movement, and social meaning-making : rethinking the expression plane of semiosis -- Ch. 3. Body dynamics, meaning-making, and scale heterogeneity : expression and content as cross-scalar semiotic processes embedding the body-brain in its ecosocial environment -- Ch. 4. The semiotic basis of consciousness -- Ch. 5. The metafunctional character of consciousness : some correlations between the neurobiological and semiotic dimensions -- Ch. 6. Brain, meaning, and consciousness.
- ISBN
- 0826469655
- 9780826469656
- 0826492533
- 9780826492531
- LCCN
- 2004556650
- OCLC
- ocm55910641
- 55910641
- SCSB-8810859
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library