axiomatic linguistics james dickins extended axiomatic linguistics 1998 23 x 15 5 cm xii 493 pages cloth dm 198 approx us 124 00 isbn 311 016086 2 trends linguistics studies monographs 111 mouton de gruyter berlin new york volume presents semiotic linguistic theory extended axiomatic functionalism focusing application linguistic description theory compared approaches semiotics linguistics particularly standard version axiomatic functionalism informal account given twin basic components theory signum ontology system ontology former provides settheoretically based account network relationships abstractions linguistic theory whose apex stands signum phonetic semantic facts speech events latter deals purely abstract level analysis covers roughly traditional areas phonology grammar set postulates constituting formal statement theory provided appendix shown signum ontology provide adequate accounts sometimes conjunction interfacing extratheoretical models range phenomena phonetics pragmatics including incomplete neutralization imperfect synonymy polysemy idiom figures speech particularly metaphor relationship corelinguistics psycholinguistics considered initial model developed interface extended axiomatic functionalism sentencelinguistic theory textlinguistics issues dealt book relevant extended axiomatic functionalism indicative broad scope also current interest linguistics generally analyses proposed considered context existing analyses throughout without disguising complexities book presents extended axiomatic functionalism clear accessible manner wide use made figures crossreferencing detailed indices provided _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mouton de gruyter walter de gruyter inc postfach 30 34 21 200 saw mill river road d10728 berlin hawthorne ny 10532 germany usa fax 49 0 30 26005351 fax 1 914 7471326 email mouton degruyter de publications also ordered via world wide web http www degruyter com