rapaport@ellie.UUCP (William J. Rapaport) (02/07/86)
Department of Philosophy
and
Graduate Group in Semiotics
SUNY Buffalo
present
James Jacob Liszka
University of Alaska, Anchorage
SYMBOL AS TRANSVALUATION
This paper presents the elements of a theory of sign and its
application to the interpretation of certain cultural
phenomena. The theory is based on a phonological model
developed by H. Andersen and M. Shapiro, which emphasizes
the notion of value (in terms of markedness and rank) as the
governing principle that gives coherence to phonological
structure. Following the lead of Shapiro, an attempt is
made to show how these rules of valuation may be understood
as a species of interpretant in Peirce's sense. The
remainder of the paper is an exemplification of this theory
in terms of certain selected semiotica: tropes, social per-
ceptions, facial expressions, photography, and primitive
narrations as myth.
Wednesday, February 26 3:30 p.m. 684 Baldy
For further information, contact the Dept. of Philosophy
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William J. Rapaport
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260
(716) 636-3193, 3180
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