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

This is an extremely interesting thread, and I only wish I could
contribute more intelligently to it.  However, while I'm halfway
through Jackendoff's 'Foundations', Bouchard's sitting on the shelf
and Lakoff's in the post, I shall content myself with asking one
question, following on from Philippe's question about the difference
between semantics and cognition.  The question is:

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)?

Jonathan.

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Playing among the ruined languages...'
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