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(2015) Biosemiotic perspectives on language and linguistics, Dordrecht, Springer.
The first part of this paper shows how our concepts (seemingly precise and clear-cut) in both linguistics and biology in fact represent very fuzzy and improperly defined entities that shimmer against the background of the world. The second part develops on such a knowledge: we argue that both language and evolution are distributed among many entities and processes on many time- and space- scales. As such, they can be grasped only by tools that allow extraction of meaning – like semiosis and/or narration.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20663-9_3
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Markoš, A. , Faltýnek, D. (2015)., Language and biosphere: blurry contours as a condition of semiosis, in E. Velmezova, K. Kull & S. J. Cowley (eds.), Biosemiotic perspectives on language and linguistics, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 29-45.
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