Screen LibrarySignifying and understanding : reading the works of Victoria Welby and the signific movement /
This book introduces and provides commentary on a selection of published and unpublished works by Victoria Welby and exponents of the Signific Movement in the Netherlands. Beyond offering an important contribution to the reconstruction of a neglected phase in the history of ideas, it evidences the t...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2009] ©2009 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Semiotics, communication and cognition [scc] ;
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| Summary: |
This book introduces and provides commentary on a selection of published and unpublished works by Victoria Welby and exponents of the Signific Movement in the Netherlands. Beyond offering an important contribution to the reconstruction of a neglected phase in the history of ideas, it evidences the theoretical topicality of significs, in particular the focus on the relation of signs to value, meaning, and understanding, on verbal and nonverbal behavior, and on language and communication. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (1068pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110218510 |
| Index Number: | P99 |
| CLC: | H0 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Welby s intellectual development and writings -- The texts -- Chapter 2 -- Moving towards What is Meaning? (1903) -- Chapter 3 -- A theory of meaning. Significs -- Chapter 4 -- Modelling signifying processes. Imagery, critique of language, education and temporality -- Chapter 5 -- Translation and meaning from a significal perspective -- Chapter 6 -- Mother-sense and subjectivity -- Chapter 7 -- Welby s influence. Theories and movements -- Chapter 8 -- Review of the literature. Writings on Welby and significs -- Backmatter |