Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Introduction: The promise of modern-day structuralism 1
5. 1. Seeking the correlates of meaning in language 15
6. 2. Sign relations as organic properties of mind 21
7. 3. Language as a self-organizing system 29
8. 4. Applying the sign principle to grammatical meaning 35
9. 5. Case relations as a product of grammatical selection 55
10. 6. Extending the sign principle to syntax 69
11. 7. The potential of sign theory in the domain of lexical meaning 101
12. 8. The feature hierarchy that defines human conceptual space 137
13. 9. Neurological evidence for the evolution of higher-order consciousness 153
14. 10. The position of structuralism in the modern era 181
15. Epilogue: The wisdom of the primal mind 195
16. Bibliography 201
17. Glossary 207
18. Index 213