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At the beginning of Prolegomena, Louis Hjelmslev arrives at his own version of linguistic theory in a brief journey, eliminating in succession a series of explanatory criteria on the nature and function of language as a phenomenon shared by humans, and as a signifying practice.
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Marsciani, F. (2015). Semiotic Immanence and Formal Options. In: Sarti, A., Montanari, F., Galofaro, F. (eds) Morphogenesis and Individuation. Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05101-7_8
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