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2Semblance and Signification (edited book)John Benjamins. 2011.The articles assembled in Semblance and Signification explore linguistic and literary structures from a range of theoretical perspectives with a view to understanding the extent, prevalence, productivity, and limitations of iconically grounded forms of semiosis. With the complementary examination of large theroretical issues, extensive corpus analysis in several modern languages such as Italian, Japanese Sign Language, and English, and applied close studies across a range of artistic media, this…Read more
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16Metsik loodus ökosemiootilises perspektiivis. KokkuvõteSign Systems Studies 29 (1): 186-186. 2001.
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1104Dynamic instances of interactionSign Systems Studies 38 (1-4): 270-296. 2010.According to C. S. Peirce, resemblance or similarity is the basis for the relationship of iconic signs to their dynamical objects. But what is the basis of resemblance or similarity itself and how is the phenomenon of iconicity generated? How does it function in cultural practices and processes by which various forms of signs are generated (say, for example, the cartographical procedures by which maps are drawn, more generally, the diagrammatic ones by which networks of relationships are iconica…Read more
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359Wilderness from an ecosemiotic perspectiveSign Systems Studies 29 (1): 169-185. 2001."Wilderness" is a concept which has undergone a radical change in recent years. Owing to the scale of global destruction of the wilderness and its various ecosystems, the idea of wilderness has been transformed from its original negative sense as an Other into a matter of public concern. This as replaced the understanding of "wilderness " not only as a place but as a category closely linked with the development of buman culture. As the result of human practice and representation, nature is thus …Read more
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15Dynamic instances of interactionSign Systems Studies 38 (1/4): 270-296. 2010.According to C. S. Peirce, resemblance or similarity is the basis for the relationship of iconic signs to their dynamical objects. But what is the basis of resemblance or similarity itself and how is the phenomenon of iconicity generated? How does it function in cultural practices and processes by which various forms of signs are generated (say, for example, the cartographical procedures by which maps are drawn, more generally, the diagrammatic ones by which networks of relationships are iconica…Read more
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14Dynamic instances of interactionSign Systems Studies 38 (1/4): 270-296. 2010.According to C. S. Peirce, resemblance or similarity is the basis for the relationship of iconic signs to their dynamical objects. But what is the basis of resemblance or similarity itself and how is the phenomenon of iconicity generated? How does it function in cultural practices and processes by which various forms of signs are generated (say, for example, the cartographical procedures by which maps are drawn, more generally, the diagrammatic ones by which networks of relationships are iconica…Read more
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University of ZürichRegular Faculty
Areas of Interest
Aesthetics |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Biology |
20th Century Philosophy |