Strother B. Purdy

List of John Benjamins publications for which Strother B. Purdy plays a role.

Articles

Purdy, Strother B. 2010 Iconicity typological and theological: J. G. Hamann and James JoyceSignergy, Conradie, C. Jac, Ronél Johl, Marthinus Beukes, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 259–278 | Article
The extensive writings on language of the Prussian “pansemiotician” Johan Georg Hamann (1730–1788) provide a rich field for inquiry. The icon of breathing in his “New Apology for the Letter H” is satirical yet finally theological in a richly allusive manner. Only 150 years later, in the form of… read more
Purdy, Strother B. 2007 The language of film is a matrix of iconsInsistent Images, Tabakowska, Elżbieta, Christina Ljungberg and Olga Fischer (eds.), pp. 173–189 | Article
The powerful and near-universal effect of 100 years of motion pictures on human culture has naturally led to considerable study of how this effect is brought about, including an effort to break it down into its operative units. That they are not linguistic units, as held by regnant theories of the… read more