Journal article
Globalisation and the theorisation of language
Social Semiotics, Vol.10(2), pp.187-200
2000
Abstract
If we wish to understand how the processes of globalisation affect language, the paper argues, we need a theory of meaning capable of demonstrating how precisely cultural practice can be said to be inside language. Corporeal semantics offers such a theory of meaning, according to which culturally overdetermined nonverbal sign clusters activate empty signifiers to produce meaning. A special focus of the paper is concealed, cultural deixis, which is responsible for fundamental modifications of discursive surfaces.
Details
- Title
- Globalisation and the theorisation of language
- Authors/Creators
- H. Ruthrof (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Social Semiotics, Vol.10(2), pp.187-200
- Publisher
- Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 991005542552907891
- Copyright
- 2000 Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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