The Music of Meaning : Essays in Cognitive Semiotics

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The Music of Meaning: Essays in Cognitive Semiotics
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE MUSIC AND How WE BECAME HUMAN
CHAPTER Two ON TONAL DYNAMICS AND MUSICAL MEANING
CHAPTER THREE THE RHYTHMIC MIND. NINE NOTES ON MUSIC AND MEANING
CHAPTER ONE COGNITIVE POETICS AND IMAGERY
CHAPTER Two STRANGE Loops AND A COGNITNE ApPROACH TO GENRE
CHAPTER THREE ON THE MEANING OF NONSENSE
CHAPTER ONE THE MEANING OF FORM : TOWARD A COGNITIVE HETEROLOGY
CHAPTER Two ART AND SPATIAL IMAGINATION
CHAPTER THREE ANASTASI A CRITIQUE OF PURE PRESENCE!
CHAPTER ONE "NICE WEATHER TODAY!":
SHORT NOTE ON IRONY
CHAPTER Two EVIDENTIALITY AND ENUNCIATION
CHAPTER THREE DEIXIS, ENUNCIATION, AND THE SIGN
CHAPTER FOUR DEIXIS, ENUNCIATION, AND REFERENCE
CHAPTER FIVE "IT IS FIVE O'CLOCK! " : MICRO-PROSODY AND ENUNCIATION
CHAPTER ONE THE RIDDLE OF THE BUDDHIST MONK
CHAPTER Two DINOSAURS AND TAX BILLS. ON CHANGE, CAUSATION, AND COMPRESSION
CHAPTER THREE MOONS AND GHOSTS: ON COMPARISON
CHAPTER ONE THE ROLE OF SEMIO-SYNTAX. LINGUISTIC THEORY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A COGNITIVE SEMIOTICS
CHAPTER Two STEMMA-SEMANTIC SYNTAX VERSUS OSBORNE
CHAPTER THREE SAUSSURE 'S PROLEGOMENA: TOWARD A SEMIOTICS OF THE MIND
CHAPTER ONE MEANING AND EVOLUTION. SEMIOTICS IN THE GAP BETWEEN BIOLOGY AND HISTORY
CHAPTER Two DIAGRAMS AND MENTAL FIGURATION
CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS A GAME?
CHAPTER Two OIKOS, PHYSIS, BIOS. THE NATURE OF CULTURE AND THE MADNESS OF MONEY. FROM ECOLOGY TO SEMIOTICS