What is Meaning?
Studies in the Development of Significance (1903)
In &quote;What is Meaning&quote; (1903) the author elaborates on the fundamental tenets of her theory of sign, to which she gave the overall term 'significs'. One of the main obstacles to an adequate theory of meaning, in Lady Welby's opinion, is the unfounded assumption of fixed sign meaning. &quote;There is, strictly speaking, no such thing as the Sense of a word, but only the sense in which it is used - the circumstances, state of mind, reference, 'universe of discourse' belonging to it. The Meaning of a word is the intent which it is desired to convey - the intention of the user. The Significance is always manifold, and intens…
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- ISBN: 978-90-272-8045-9
- EAN: 9789027280459
- Produktnummer: 22559888
- Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1983
- Seitenangabe: 395 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 28'538 KB
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