The place of language among sign systems: Juri Lotman and Émile Benveniste

This paper seeks to shed light on an unwritten chapter in the history of Tartu semiotics, that is, to draw a parallel between Juri Lotman and Émile Benveniste on the status of natural language among other systems of signs. The tenet that language works as a ‘primary modelling system’ represents one...

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Main Author: Remo Gramigna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2013-11-01
Series:Sign Systems Studies
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15654