Semantics and the Body: Meaning from Frege to the Postmodern

Horst Ruthrof

Published by University of Toronto Press 1997

Semantics and the Body

Meaning from Frege to the Postmodern

Horst Ruthrof

In the series Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442679757

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Horst Ruthrof argues that the body is an integral part of this hermeneutic activity and proposes that language is no more than a symbolic grid which does not signify at all unless it is brought to life by non-linguistic signs.

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Ruthrof Horst :

Horst Ruthrof is a professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Murdoch University, Western Australia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction: The Missing Body in Semantics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Towards a Corporeal Semantics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Natural Language and Meaning as Definition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. The Semantics of Negation and Metaphor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
4. Meaning and Poststructuralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
5. Semantics and the Postmodern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Conclusion: The Corporeal Turn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 368

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Published: November 3, 1997
ISBN: 9781442679757