The Morphodynamics of the Sign

Piotrowski, David

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The Morphodynamics of the Sign

David Piotrowski³

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Abstract

In this chapter, we will first present (Sects. 6.1 and 6.2) the principles as well as the functional architecture of the morphodynamic apparatus. Adopting a utilitarian logic, we will limit our exposition to the sole elements necessary to our demonstrative progression.

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Notes

1.
For a complete presentation of the model, its foundations, and its scientific significance, we refer to the works by J. Petitot, mainly Petitot (1985a, b).
2.
We ignore here the maxima.
3.
Petitot (1985a, p. 163).
4.
Ibid., p. 155.
5.
Ibid., p. 158.
6.
Ibid., p. 153.
7.
Ibid., p. 154.
8.
Ibid.
9.
Ibid.
10.
Ibid., p. 189.
11.
Hjelmslev (1985, p. 34).
12.
Ibid., p. 41.
13.
To simplify the presentation, we are not taking into consideration here the K_b boundaries corresponding to privative oppositions.
14.
A linguistic impossibility (syntactic distortion, semantic inconsistencies, agrammaticality…) noted using an asterisk “*”.
15.
Prieto (1990, pp. 62–63).
16.
Benveniste (1974).
17.
Benveniste (1974, p. 222).
18.
Ibid.
19.
Ibid., p. 225.
20.
Ibid.
21.
Ibid., p. 64.
22.
Cadiot and Visetti (2001, p. 114).
23.
Ibid., p. 96.
24.
Ibid., p. 97.
25.
Ibid., p. 96.
26.
Ibid., p. 104.

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Piotrowski, D. (2018). The Morphodynamics of the Sign. In: Morphogenesis of the Sign. Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89848-3_6

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