Framing Signs Involves More Than Mere Words

• 作者: Floyd Merrell
• 来源期刊: 语言与符号学研究
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（3）
• 页码范围: 13-34
• 页数: 22页
• 分类号: H313

摘要

This essay offers(1)a critical appraisal of the concept of‘frames,’but with(2)a sympathetic view toward George Lakoff’s appropriation of the concept in his analysis of the‘war of words’that continues to affect the current political scene.It argues(3)a combination of(1)and(2)would reveal some limitations of Lakoff’s prevailing‘textualist’—or‘language-centric’—approach,in light of Charles S.Peirce’s semiotic theory.