In:Follow the Signs: Archetypes of consciousness embodied in the signs of language
Rodney B. Sangster
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 79] 2020
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Published online: 19 February 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.79.toc
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Table of contents
Prefacevii
Introduction: Theories of form and meaning1
Part 1.General concepts
1.1The evolution of conciousness and its neurological foundation7
1.2From primate signals to human signs13
1.3The concept of reference in a self-organizing system17
1.4Higher-order consciousness reexamined21
1.5The locus and function of monosemy in human consciousness25
1.6The ultimate nature of meaning33
1.7The role of metaphor in higher-order consciousness39
1.8The place of sign theory in neurolinguistics43
Part 2.Archetypes of meaning
2.1The archetypes of time-consciousness53
2.2Evidence of time-consciousness in prepositions61
2.3Comparing time- and space-consciousness in prepositions71
2.4Further evidence of space-consciousness in prepositions77
2.5Plurality as the defining characteristic of one-dimensional phenomena81
2.6Further evidence of space-consciousness in grammatical relations: Aspect in Russian87
2.7The space-time continuum in human consciousness93
Part 3.Syntactic structure
3.1The syntactic structure of sign relations97
3.2The modification relation in English103
3.3The structure of the English predicate113
3.4The modification relation in French121
3.5The archetypal structure of the French verb133
Part 4.The structure of the lexicon
4.1Transition to lexical meaning149
4.2Archetypes in the nominal lexicon151
4.3Archetypes in the verbal lexicon159
Epilogue: Towards a quantum theory of meaning in language163
Bibliography169
