The book presents a new science of semiotic linguistics. The goal of semiotic linguistics is to discover what characterizes language as an intermediary between the mind and reality so that language creates the picture of reality we perceive. The cornerstone of semiotic linguistics is the discovery and resolution of language antinomies ­- contradictions between two apparently reasonable principles or laws. Language antinomies constitute the essence of language, and hence must be studied from both linguistic and philosophical points of view. The basic language antinomy which underlies all other antinomies is the antinomy between meaning and information.

Both generative and classical linguistic theories are unaware of the need to distinguish between meaning and information. By confounding these notions they are unable to discover language antinomies and confine their research to naturalistic description of superficial language phenomena rather than the quest for the essence of language.(Series A)

Table of contents

Preface 1 1. The Science of Semiotic Linguistics 17 2. Language as a Phenomenon of the Social Mind 36 3. The Linguistic Sign 60 4. The Anomalies of Categorization and the Principle of Differences 73 5. Linguistic Structure 101 6. The Theory of Superposition 136 7. Methodological Interlude 167 8. The word and world Classes 207 9. Syntax as the Theory of Word Combinations 224 10. The Theory of the Sentence 241 11. Genotype Categorial Calculus 265 12. Semiotic Linguistics and Cognitve Grammar 272 Epilogue 278 References 283 List of Definitions 292 Index of Languages 294 Index of Names 295 Index of Terms 297