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Signs and Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective : Premodern and Early Modern Sources in Original and Translation / edited by Maria Avxentevskaya and Glenn W. Most.
Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Available online
Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ancient Languages and Civilizations ; 12.
- Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
- Ancient Languages and Civilizations ; 12
- Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2025
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ancient Near East and Egypt.
- Classical Studies.
- Languages and Linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Premodern and Early Modern Sources in Original and Translation
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Theories and practices of signification have flourished across space and time. This book examines premodern thinking on signs in ancient Greek philosophy, Chinese divination, Islamic theology, Hebrew epistemology, medieval Latin logic, South Asian language theory, and early modern European artificial languages. Each chapter analyzes and contextualizes key primary sources presented in their original language and English translation, offering rich resources for comparative analysis of approaches to semiosis in religious and scholarly exegesis, prognostication, and the philosophical search for distinctions between natural and artificial signs. The volume brings to light both universal concerns and unique cultural features that shaped the evolution of semiotics.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- General Introduction
- Maria Auxent and Glenn W. Most
- 1 Sign and Signification in Ancient Greece
- Glenn W. Most
- 2 Signs and Signification in Chinese Divination
- Michael Lackner
- 3 Names as Signs in Classical Islam
- Hannah C. Erlwein
- 4 Judaism: Signifying God according to Maimonides
- Yehuda Halper
- 5 Signs and Signification in Latin Medieval Philosophy
- Dominic Dold
- 6 Words and Signs in the Vernacular in Sanskrit
- Eric Moses Gurevitch
- 7 Artificial Signs and Signification in Early Modern Europe
- Maria Auxent
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-73722-7
- OCLC:
- 1561169509
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004737228 DOI
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