Re: CHAT: THEORY/CHAT: Re: Jackendoff's "Semantic (?) Structures"

Jonathan was all:
>
> Is there any formal, qualitative difference between linguistic
> semantics and other biological semiotic systems?  For example, can
semantics be said to be generative (in and of itself, aside from its
relationship to syntax)?


I don't think linguistic semantics is a semiotic system. I think
linguistic semantics is the semantic *component* of a semiotic system. As
such, I don't think this semiotic system is any different (formally,
qualitatively) from any other semiotic system that operates in a mind or
collection thereof (as opposed to operating in a liver cell or sodium atom
or collections thereof). This is the case in my brand of semiotics, at
least.


-- Mark





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