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Author Wildgen, Wolfgang.

Title Catastrophe theoretic semantics : an elaboration and application of René Thom's theory / by Wolfgang Wildgen.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1982.

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Description 1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; 3:5
Pragmatics & beyond ; 3:5. 0166-6258
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-122) and index.
Summary René Thom, the famous French mathematician and founder of catastrophe theory, considered linguistics an exemplary field for the application of his general morphology. It is surprising that physicists, chemists, biologists, psychologists and sociologists are all engaged in the field of catastrophe theory, but that there has been almost no echo from linguistics. Meanwhile linguistics has evolved in the direction of René Thom s intuitions about an integrated science of language and it has become a necessary task to review, update and elaborate the proposals made by Thom and to embed them in the framework of modern semantic theory.
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Subject Thom, René, 1923-2002.
Thom, René, 1923-2002.
Thom, Rene, 1923-
Semantics -- Mathematical models.
Semantics -- Mathematical models.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Catastrophes (Mathematics)
Catastrophes (Mathematics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9789027280602 (electronic book)
9027280606 (electronic book)
9027225257
9789027225252
9027225257
9789027225252