In:From Interaction to Symbol: A systems view of the evolution of signs and communication
Piotr Sadowski
[Iconicity in Language and Literature 8] 2009
► pp. v–x
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Published online: 23 September 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.8.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/ill.8.toc
Table of contents
List of figuresxi
Acknowledgementsxiii
Preface
Chapter 1. Systems theory: Between philosophy and science, but more science than philosophy
Chapter 2. Towards a systems model of communication
Chapter 3. Needs as motivators of behaviour
Chapter 4. From emotive vocalizations to bodily adornments: The origins of referentiality
Chapter 5. Photography, or the magic of iconic indexicality
Chapter 6. Photography plus movement, or even more magic
Chapter 7. From mimicry to metaphor: The origins of art
Chapter 9. The thrills of visual realism
Chapter 10. Linguistic iconicity and the limits of arbitrariness
Chapter 11. The origins of language and the advantages of arbitrariness
Chapter 12. Language and the symbolic compulsion
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