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A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics:Anthropological Zoosemiotics

A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics:: Anthropological Zoosemiotics [Anthropological Zoosemiotics represents the zoosemioticians’ contribution to the dicussion of the most critical topic in all studies concerning nature: the problem of the approach. Before starting any kind of discussion on other living forms, we should ask ourselves how to approach them. Is it possible, as humans, to study them in an adequate way? Are we able to observe other animals without being conditioned by a human interpretation of reality? Questions concerning the approach arise whenever zoosemiotic issues are discussed, and – as seen in Chapter 2, with the paragraph “Emic vs. Etic” – are unavoidable also at the level of Ethological Zoosemiotics. However, if in that case the question mostly requires biological (scientific in the strict sense) investigations, in AZ the problem appears in two clearly distinguished guises.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics:Anthropological Zoosemiotics

Part of the Biosemiotics Book Series (volume 5)
Martinelli, Dario
Springer Journals — Jun 10, 2010
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
ISBN
978-90-481-9248-9
Pages
121 –170
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-9249-6_3
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Abstract

[Anthropological Zoosemiotics represents the zoosemioticians’ contribution to the dicussion of the most critical topic in all studies concerning nature: the problem of the approach. Before starting any kind of discussion on other living forms, we should ask ourselves how to approach them. Is it possible, as humans, to study them in an adequate way? Are we able to observe other animals without being conditioned by a human interpretation of reality? Questions concerning the approach arise whenever zoosemiotic issues are discussed, and – as seen in Chapter 2, with the paragraph “Emic vs. Etic” – are unavoidable also at the level of Ethological Zoosemiotics. However, if in that case the question mostly requires biological (scientific in the strict sense) investigations, in AZ the problem appears in two clearly distinguished guises.]

Published: Jun 10, 2010

Keywords: American Sign; Human Language; Nonhuman Animal; Prototypical Category; Windscreen Wiper

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