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Biosemiotic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics

  • Works composed at the intersection of linguistics and biosemiotics (interdisciplinarity)
  • Researches about the possibility to apply linguistic methods to resolve biosemiotic problems
  • Contributions on little known aspects of the history of linguistics and biosemiotics

Part of the book series: Biosemiotics (BSEM, volume 13)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Language, Linguistics: Life, Biosemiotics…

    • Kalevi Kull, Ekaterina Velmezova
    Pages 1-10
  3. Theory and Theoretical Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. On Biosemiotics and Its Possible Relevance to Linguistics

      • Donald Favareau, Kalevi Kull
      Pages 13-28
    3. Language and Biosphere: Blurry Contours as a Condition of Semiosis

      • Anton MarkoÅ¡, Dan Faltýnek
      Pages 29-45
    4. Umwelt and Language

      • Morten Tønnessen
      Pages 77-96
  4. Observations and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Verbal Patterns: Taming Cognitive Biology

      • Stephen J. Cowley
      Pages 123-148
  5. Biosemiotics and Biolinguistics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Biolinguistics and Biosemiotics

      • Winfried Nöth
      Pages 151-168

About this book

The first international volume on the topic of biosemiotics and linguistics. It aims to establish a new relationship between linguistics and biology as based on shared semiotic foundation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Slavic and South Asian Studies, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Ekaterina Velmezova

  • Professor in biosemiotics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

    Kalevi Kull

  • Dept. of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Slagelse, Denmark

    Stephen J. Cowley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biosemiotic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics

  • Editors: Ekaterina Velmezova, Kalevi Kull, Stephen J. Cowley

  • Series Title: Biosemiotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20663-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20662-2Published: 18 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79313-9Published: 13 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20663-9Published: 11 December 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1875-4651

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-466X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 295

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecology, Semantics, History of Science

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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