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The importance of Lotmanian semiotics to sign theory and the cognitive neurosciences.

The following paper is based on a presentation given as the Juri Lotman Lecture at the University of Tartu conference "Creative Continuity: 50 years of Sign Systems Studies", on December 5th, 2014. The focus of the current analysis is to bring to light important new directions in cognitive neuroscie...

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Published in:Sign Systems Studies Vol. 43; no. 2-3; pp. 347 - 365
Main Author: Andrews, Edna
Format: Article
Published: University of Tartu 2015
Subjects:
Lotman, Juri
Semiotics
Signs & symbols
Neurosciences
Cognitive analysis
Neurolinguistics
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The following paper is based on a presentation given as the Juri Lotman Lecture at the University of Tartu conference "Creative Continuity: 50 years of Sign Systems Studies", on December 5th, 2014. The focus of the current analysis is to bring to light important new directions in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neurolinguistics and how Lotman's work contributes to deepening our understanding of the complex relationship of language(s) and brain(s) and the ever present dynamic cultural context.