dc.contributor.author
Staude, Martin
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-07T16:03:47Z
dc.date.available
2012-05-10T10:39:31.770Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/1998
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-6200
dc.description
Table of Contents 0\. INTRODUCTION 1\. MEANING AS CATEGORY 1.1 Distinction 1.2
Rudimentary vs complex meanings 1.3 Conclusion 2\. NON-DUALISTIC MEANING 2.1
Dualism of meaning vs world 2.2 Non-Dualism of meaning 2.2.1 Psycho-
communicative silence vs reflection 2.2.2 Dualism’s contradiction 2.2.3
Variations of Dualism’s contradiction 2.2.4 Dualism’s infinite regress 2.2.5
Ontology and language in Non-Dualism 2.2.6 Dualism’s options after Non-
Dualism’s criticism 2.2.7 Non-Dualism’s characterization 2.3 Dualism’s re-
entry creates Non-Dualism 2.3.1 Non-dualistic unity 2.3.2 Non-dualistic
distinction 2.3.3 An artistic illustration of Dualism and Non-Dualism 2.3.4
Unfolding the paradox 2.4 Time and process in Non-Dualism 2.4.1 Meanings up to
now and from now on 2.4.2 Medium, forms, and systems 2.4.3 The degree of
connectivity and robustness of descriptions 2.5 Methodological and semiotic
applications 2.5.1 Methodological applications of Non-Dualism 2.5.2 A non-
dualistic semiotic triangle 3\. MEANING IN THE SEMIOTIC TRIANGLE 3.1 Referent
and extension 3.1.1 Referent 3.1.2 Extension 3.2 Signifier and onomasiology
3.2.1 Signifier 3.2.2 Onomasiology 3.3 Signifier and classification 3.4
Meaning and intension 3.4.1 Meaning 3.4.2 Decompositional intension 3.4.3
Compositional intension 3.5 Meaning and semasiology 3.6 Meaning and
interpretation 3.7 Meaning and meaning divergence 3.7.1 Meaning divergence
3.7.2 Consequences of meaning divergence 4\. MEANING AS PROTOTYPICAL CATEGORY
4.1 Meaning as category 4.2 Meaning as prototypical category 4.3 A prototype
model for the Social Sciences 5\. MEANING AS FIELD 5.1 Meaning fields as
intermediate meso-level 5.2 Meaning fields: Emic or etic? Real or constructed?
5.2.1 The emic vs etic debate 5.2.2 The realist vs constructivist debate 5.3
Types of meaning fields 5.4 Meaning fields as prototypical fields 5.4.1 The
structure of a single meaning field 5.4.2 Frames and scripts as meaning
fields’ prototypical centers 5.5 Relations between meaning fields 5.5.1
Exclusion and inclusion 5.5.2 Overlap 5.6 Methodological and methodical
proposals 5.6.1 Types of descriptions 5.6.2 Sources of descriptions 5.6.3
Methods for the collection of descriptions 6\. ACTIVATION OF MEANINGS AND
MEANING FIELDS 6.1 Medium, forms, and meaning fields 6.1.1 Medium vs forms
6.1.2 Meaning fields as medium 6.1.3 Social Science applications 6.2
Activation and non-activation 6.2.1 Phases of activation 6.2.2 Non-activation
6.2.3 The example of power and law 6.3 Activation modes 6.3.1 Degrees of
intensity of activation 6.3.2 Activation of different types of meaning fields
6.3.3 Communicative vs psychic activation 6.3.4 Actor-speaker vs observer-
hearer activation 6.3.5 Time-reference in activation 6.4 Co-activation 6.4.1
Inference-based co-activation 6.4.2 Meaning field-based co-activation 6.5 Co-
activated meaning fields as world-framers 6.5.1 Co-activated fields as
Sonderwelten 6.5.2 Co-activated fields as definitions of the situation 6.5.3
Co-activated fields as selectors of meanings from now on 7\. EXTRODUCTION 7.1
Retrospect 7.2 Prospect BIBLIOGRAPHY ANNEX Summary Author Epilog
dc.description.abstract
This PhD dissertation presents a general and formal theory of meaning, signs,
and language. The theory is presented in a clear and consistent way offering
novel and provocative insights into the fundamental structures and processes
of communication, cognition, and reality. Key topics include distinctions and
categories, the self-contradictory dualism of word vs. object, linguistic
meaning monism, relations and processes in the semiotic triangle, conceptual
prototypicality and fuzziness, semantic fields and frames, meaning medium vs.
forms, as well as activation and co-activation of meanings. In order to
illustrate and apply the theory, everyday examples, in particular power and
law, are discussed throughout the dissertation. Methodological questions of
data collection and analysis are also addressed as they are relevant to the
empirical application and verification of the theory. The dissertation
combines approaches from systems theory, non-dualism, prototype theory,
semantic field theory, speech act theory, and structuralism. Due to its broad
and interdisciplinary focus, this dissertation will not only appeal to
semioticians, philosophers, and sociologists, but also to linguists, cultural
anthropologists, and cognitive scientists.
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dc.description.abstract
Die Dissertation stellt eine allgemeine und formale Theorie von Bedeutung,
Zeichen und Sprache vor. Die Theorie wird auf eine klare und konsistente Weise
dargestellt und bietet neue und provokante Einsichten in die grundlegenden
Strukturen und Prozesse von Kommunikation, Kognition und Wirklichkeit.
Schlüsselthemen sind Unterscheidungen und Kategorien, der selbst-
widersprüchliche Dualismus von Wort und Objekt, der linguistische
Bedeutungsmonismus, Beziehungen und Prozesse im semiotischen Dreieck,
konzeptuelle Prototypikalität und Unschärfe, semantische Felder und Skripte,
Bedeutungsmedium und Bedeutungsformen, sowie die Aktivierung und Koaktivierung
von Bedeutungen. Um die Theorie zu illustrieren und anzuwenden, werden
Alltagsbeispiele, insb. Macht und Recht, in der gesamten Arbeit diskutiert.
Methodologische Fragen der Datenerhebung und –analyse werden ebenfalls
behandelt, da sie für die empirische Anwendbarkeit und Überprüfbarkeit der
Theorie wichtig sind. Die Dissertation kombiniert Ansätze der Systemtheorie,
des Non-Dualismus’, der Prototypentheorie, der Bedeutungsfeldtheorie, der
Sprechakttheorie und des Strukturalismus’. Aufgrund ihrer breiten und
interdisziplinären Ausrichtung spricht die Dissertation nicht nur Semiotiker,
Philosophen und Soziologen an, sondern auch Linguisten, Ethnologen und
Kognitionswissenschaftler.
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http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject
semantic field
dc.subject.ddc
400 Sprache::410 Linguistik::410 Linguistik
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100 Philosophie und Psychologie::100 Philosophie
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300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::301 Soziologie, Anthropologie
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100 Philosophie und Psychologie::150 Psychologie
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400 Sprache::400 Sprache::401 Sprachphilosophie, Sprachtheorie
dc.title
Meaning and meaning fields
dc.contributor.firstReferee
Prof. Dr. Harald Wenzel (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
dc.contributor.furtherReferee
Prof. Dr. Josef Mitterer (Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria)
dc.date.accepted
2009-11-27
dc.identifier.urn
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudissthesis000000036364-1
dc.title.subtitle
A theory from semiotics, sociology, and semantics through the example of power
and law
dc.title.translated
Bedeutung und Bedeutungsfelder
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dc.title.translatedsubtitle
Eine Theorie aus Semiotik, Soziologie und Semantik anhand des Beispiels von
Macht und Recht
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refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
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refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDISS_thesis_000000036364
refubium.note.author
This PhD dissertation was partly published by ImprintAcademic in 2012 under
the title: "Meaning in communication, cognition, and reality", ISBN
978-1845402297.
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FUDISS_derivate_000000011082
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free
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open access