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Sign (semiotics)
About: Sign (semiotics) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4080 publications have been published within this topic receiving 70333 citations. The topic is also known as: semiotic sign.
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TL;DR: In this article, a semiotic conception of data is proposed according to which they are representations of properties of the object area of a science that serve certain purposes for their users, and various methods of data provision by generation of data or by use of available data are discussed.
Abstract: This article aims to be a contribution to the methodological foundations of linguistics. To answer the question of what are scientific data?, a semiotic conception of data is proposed according to which they are representations of properties of the object area of a science that serve certain purposes for their users. Kinds of data are distinguished by their ontological status, degree of abstractness, the type of sign representing them and their originality. The methodological status of data in the history of linguistic science is briefly reviewed, and their functions in scientific argument are specified. Various methods of data provision by generation of data or by use of available data are discussed. Since data are representations, they are per se a linguistic issue which, however, is even more complicated for linguistic data proper, because here diverse linguistic levels and diverse levels of abstractness have to be controlled. Apart from the principal necessity to have clarity on the methodological bases of a science, the issue of the nature and function of data in linguistics acquires increased urgency in a world where the documentation of endangered languages is, first and foremost, one of adequate data provision.
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TL;DR: The study of ASL offers a valuable opportunity for refining the concept of cerebral specialization for language, and some recent findings are reviewed and new ones are presented bearing on the neural organization of the brain for sign language.
Abstract: Since sign languages utilize a transmission modality different from that of spoken languages, the study of sign languages offers a unique opportunity for insight into the nature of neural mechanisms for language. To understand the extent to which neural mechanisms for language are modality independent, and the extent to which they are modality-bound, we naturally turn to sign languages because through their study we can begm to solve the problem of brain organization for language in general. American Sign Language (ASL) displays both complex linguistic structures and spatial relations, thereby exhibiting properties for which each of the hemispheres of hearing people shows a differing specialization. Because of these dual attributes, the study of ASL offers a valuable opportunity for refining our concept of cerebral specialization for language. We review some recent findings, and present new ones, bearing on the hnctional organization of the brain for sign language. We focus on studies of sign lan...
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01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: In this paper, an introductory overview of modern hermeneutics can be found, where Kant and the aesthetics of history are considered. But this is not a sign the question of the classic.
Abstract: Modern hermeneutics - an introductory overview what is philosophical about philosophical hermeneutics? Kant and the aesthetics of history Metaphor as a Metaphor of understanding a word is not a sign the question of the classic.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that theory sf signs, especially in the tradition of the great philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), can inspire the study of central problems in the philosophy of biology.
Abstract: It is argued, that theory sf signs, especially in the tradition of the great philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) can inspire the study of central problems in the philosophy of biology. Three such problems are considered: (1) The nature of biology as a science, where a semiotically informed pluralistic approach to the theory of science is introduced. (2) The peculiarity of the general object of biology, where a realistic interpretation of sign- and information-concepts is required to see sign-processes as immanent in nature. (3) The possibility of an artificial construction of life, hereby discussed as a conceptual problem in the present form of the artificial life project and its implied definition of life.
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TL;DR: Work is a strange and checkered history of human beings as discussed by the authors, and it is not just something we do; it has become a defining, constitutive feature of who we are as human beings.
Abstract: The title of this focal article (unashamedly paraphrased from Edwin Starr’s classic 1970 antiwar song) is only partly intended to be tongue in cheek; work is a strange thing with a very checkered history. For the most part, it is something we take for granted. Most able-bodied adults work. Working hard is taken as a sign of being an upstanding citizen. Right wing politicians even insist that “government handouts” only be made available in exchange for participation in “workfare” programs. Moreover, work is not just something we do; over the last 100 years or so, it has become a defining, constitutive feature of who we are as human beings. Our very sense of identity and well-being is tied up with our relationship to work. It is no accident, after all, that the first question we ask a stranger is, “What do you do?” (and we are not asking about their hobbies); we see this question as a way of taking the measure of that person.
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