A Study of Glossematics : Critical Survey of Its Fundamental Concepts

Front Matter....Pages I-XI Introduction....Pages 1-30 The Autonomy of Language. Process and System. Linguistic Theory and Empiricism....Pages 31-40 Induction and Deduction....Pages 41-53 The Theory of Language: A Calculation Arbitrary, Appropriate and as Simple as Possible....Pages 54-67 The Principle of Analysis....Pages 68-86 Function, Form, and the Functives....Pages 87-108 Sound and other Substances of Expression....Pages 109-127 The Linguistic Sign: The Sign in Itself....Pages 128-145 The Linguistic Sign: The Sign and Purport....Pages 146-165 The Commutation Test....Pages 166-181 Syncretism and Catalysis....Pages 182-200 Ultimate Results of the Deduction....Pages 201-213 Language Amidst Connotative Semiotics, Metasemiotics, Semiotics, Symbolic Systems and Non-Language....Pages 214-226 Back Matter....Pages 227-240