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This volume examines several aspects of the syntax of imperative clauses in English and in a variety of other Germanic languages in the context of the challenge that apparent optional movement poses for the Minimalist Programme.
In this introduction to the semiotic theory of one of the most innovative theorists of the twentieth century, the Russian literary... Læs mere
This book presents the first computer program automating the task of componential analysis of kinship vocabularies. The book... Læs mere
This is a methodical study of the material and mental limits and possibilities of transferring information and media traits among... Læs mere
This book documents changes and trends in English predicate complementation. In-depth case studies of grammatical patterns... Læs mere
This book offers an original new conception of visual story telling, proposing that drawing, depictive drawing and narrative drawing are produced in an encompassing dialogic system of embodied social behavior.
Through a reevaluation of the work of some of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, this book details how semiotics, social sense, and social communication can function together to analyze how culture works in the contemporary era.
Many vocabulary items that foreign language learners encounter involve figurative extensions of meaning. To understand figurative speech, learners often... Læs mere
The proposed volumes are aimed at a multidisciplinary audience and seek to fill the gap between law, semiotics and visuality providing a comprehensive theoretical and analytical overview of legal visual semiotics.
Traditionally, much of the work on concept composition has been carried out within separate disciplines, where cognitive psychologists have concentrated on concept representations, and linguists and philosophers have focused on the meaning and use of logical operators.