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Catastrophe Theoretic Semantics : an elaboration and application of René Thom's theory.
René Thom, the famous French mathematician and founder of catastrophe theory, considered linguistics an exemplary field for the application of his general morphology. It is surprising that physicists, chemists, biologists, psychologists and sociologists are all engaged in the field of catastrophe t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1982.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
3:5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CATASTROPHE THEORETIC SEMANTICS An Elaboration and Application of René Thorn's Theory; Editorial page; Title page; Dedication; Copyrigh page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. APPLIED CATASTROPHE THEORY: A SHORT INTRODUCTION; 1.1. A sketch of the mathematical basis; 1.2. Catastrophe Conventions.; 1.3. The finite set of typical paths in the elementary unfoldings; 1.4. An example: the standard cusp; 2. SEMANTICS FROM A DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE; 2.1. Aspects of dynamic semiotics; 2.2. The type o f semantics aimed at by our model construction.
- 2.3. Formal semantics on the basis of catastrophe theory: a comparison with logical semantics2.4. Principles of interpretation; 2.5. Rene Thorn's list of semantic archetypes; 3. THE HEART OF CATASTROPHE THEORETIC SEMANTICS: THE SET OF SEMANTIC ARCHETYPES; 3.1. The semantic archetypes derivable from the zero-unfolding; 3.2. The semantic archetypes derivable from the fold; 3.3. The semantic archetypes derivable from the cusp; 3.3.1 The standard cusp (A+3); 3.3.2. The dual cusp (A-3); 3.3.3. Versal unfoldings of the standard cusp.
- 3.3.4. Introducing higher archetypes: The archetype of bipolar differentiation3.4 The semantic archetypes derivable from the swallowtail; 3.5 The semantic archetypes derivable from the butterfly; 3.5.1 Sketching the geometry of the standard butterfly (A+5); 3.5.2 Derivations on the basis of the perfect delay convention; 3.5.3. Derivations on the basis of the Maxwell convention; 3.5.4. Some semi-elementary archetypes derivable from the dual butterfly(A-5); 3.5.5. Summary of the archetypes derived from the butterfly; (1) Elementary archetypes.; (2) Semi-elementary archetypes.
- (3) Higher archetypes3.6 Archetypes derivable from unfoldings with codimension> 4 and corank 1; 3.7 Semantic archetypes derivable from the compactified umbilics (D+4 D-4,D5); 4. APPLICATION OF CATASTROPHE THEORETIC SEMANTICS; 4.1. Dynamic inferences; 4.2 Word semantics; 4.3 Linguistic vagueness; 4.4. Compositional processes; 4.5. Application in neurolinguistics; 5. BEYOND CATASTROPHE THEORETIC SEMANTICS; 5.1. Beyond semantics: towards a dynamic theory of language; 5.2. Beyond Catastrophe Theory; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX.