Journal article
The role of Vorstellung in literary semantics
Semiotica, Vol.2007(165), pp.277-294
2007
Abstract
In spite of the current panoply of approaches to literary semantics, this paper argues that the discipline suffers from one scandalous absence: the theorization of Vorstellung, or 18perceptual modification. 19 The paper traces the trajectory of the elimination of Vorstellung in language semantics from Frege to Saussure and to the demise of the signified in the post-Saussurean tradition. Alternative perspectives are introduced that promise the rehabilitation of the perceptual ingredients of language, such as cognitive linguistics (Lakoff) and corporeal pragmatics (Ruthrof), approaches that could be used to revive literary semantics by granting Vorstellung its proper role in the theorization of literary meaning.
Details
- Title
- The role of Vorstellung in literary semantics
- Authors/Creators
- H. Ruthrof (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Semiotica, Vol.2007(165), pp.277-294
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Identifiers
- 991005542136207891
- Copyright
- 2007 Walter de Gruyter
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 10 Arts & Humanities
- 10.99 Literary Theory
- 10.99.1778 Narratology
- Web Of Science research areas
- Humanities, Multidisciplinary
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general