Biosemiotic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics [Hardcover]

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.

K. Kull, E.?Velmezova?: Language, linguistics  life, biosemiotics&
D.?Favareau, K.?Kull: On biosemiotics and its possible relevance to linguistic
A. Markoa, D.?Falt?nek: Language and biosphere: Blurry contours as a condition of semiosis
S.?Petrilli, Au.?Ponzio: Language as primary modeling and natural languages: A biosemiotic perspective
M.?T?nnessen: Umwelt and language
J.?Pelkey: Deep congruence between linguistic and biotic growth: Evidence for semiotic foundations
S.J.?Cowley: Verbal patterns: Taming cognitive biology
W.?N?th: Biolinguistics and biosemiotics
P.?Augustyn: Biology, linguistics, and the semiotic perspective on language
P.?Filippi: Before Babel: The evolutionary roots of human language
S.?Cannizzaro, P.?Cobley: Biosemiotics, politics and Th.A.?Sebeoks move from linguistics to semiotics
Ju.-P.?Chien: How useful is ?tat de langue for biosemiotics? An exploration of linguistic consciousness and evolution in F. de Saussures works
Th.?Robert: Darwins Ethology and the expression of the emotions: Biosemiotics as a historical science
D.?Neubauer: Darwins biosemiotics: The linguistic Rubicon in the Descent of Man
Appendix?: E.?Velmezova: The Bakhtinian dialogue revisited: A (non-biosemiotic) view from historiography and epistemology of humanities

Without biosemiosis, there could be no human language. The volume presents international perspectives that have been inspired by this simple idea. The contributors open up new methods, directions and perspectives on both language in general and specific human languages. Many commonplace notions (language, dialect, syntax, sign, text, dialogue, discourse, etlc(