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Publication details [#44321]

Deely, John. 2006. The literal, the metaphorical, and the price of semiotics: An essay on philosophy of language and the doctrine of signs. Semiotica 161 : 9–74.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

literal meaning | metaphor | philosophy of language | semiotics | sign

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This paper deals with human language as a sign system and with the interpretation of the classical distinction between 'literal' and 'metaphorical' in the context of present-day semiotics.