SCIENTIFIC SERIES
“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”
Author: Jordan Zlatev
Affiliation: Lund University
Abstract: The chapter introduces cognitive semiotics, a new transdisciplinary discipline, focused on the multifaceted phenomenon of meaning/sense. It traces some of its research topics, its key characteristics, and potential social significance.
Keywords: meaning, consciousness, phenomenology, language, gesture, evolution, development, transdisciplinarity.
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