In the Beginning: Origins of Semiosis: 12 (Semiotic and Cognitive Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2503515908 ISBN 13: 9782503515908

Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2004

Synopsis

Morana Alac, Introduction; Patrizia Violi, In the Beginning: The Voice of God and the Voice of the World. Two Stories about Origins; Umberto Eco, Origins of Semiosis; Jurgen Trabant, From Semiogenesis to Gottogenesis in the 18th Century Debate; Howard Bloch, Etymologies and Genealogies: History, Words, and the World; Winfried Noth, Semiogenesis in the Evolution from Nature to Culture; Thomas Sebeok, Origins: Semiosis the Domain vs. Semiosis the Field; Maxine Sheets- Jonhstone, On Bacteria, Corporeal Representation, Neanderthals, and Marta Graham: Steps toward an Evolutionary Semantics; Sherman Wilcox, Hands and Bodies, Minds and Souls: What Can Signed Languages Tell Us about the Origin of Signs?; Alex Martin, The Neural Basis of Semantic Knowledge; Philip Lieberman, Subcortical Brain Circuits, Speech and the Evolution of Semeosis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols N.V.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503515908
• ISBN 13: 9782503515908
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 205
• Editor: Alac Morana, Violi Patrizia