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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and indexes
Signs, Mind, and Reality; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Science of Semiotic Linguistics; Chapter 2. Language as a Phenomenon of the Social Mind; Chapter 3. The Linguistic Sign; Chapter 4. The Anomalies of Categorization and the Principle of Differences; Chapter 5. Linguistic Structure; Chapter 6. The Theory of Superposition; Chapter 7. Methodological Interlude; Chapter 8. The Word and Word Classes; Chapter 9. Syntax as the Theory of Word Combinations; Chapter 10. The Theory of the Sentence; Chapter 11. Genotype Categorial Calculus
The book presents a new science of semiotic linguistics. The goal of semiotic linguistics is to discover what characterizes language as an intermediary between the mind and reality so that language creates the picture of reality we perceive. The cornerstone of semiotic linguistics is the discovery and resolution of language antinomies -contradictions between two apparently reasonable principles or laws. Language antinomies constitute the essence of language, and hence must be studied from both linguistic and philosophical points of view. The basic language antinomy which underlies all other a
