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A classic text of modern phonology and one of the most famous works of literary theory – a fundamental work that establishes the theory of distinctive features as the basis of the linguistic sound system.
Discussions on semantics in the category of number.
The book is still required reading at philological faculties today because it systematically connects language with literature and social context for the first time. It is written clearly, without ideological exclusivity, which was a rarity in 1990.
This dictionary focuses on the correct use of English words in combination with other words, or collocations - typical and natural combinations of words in the language.
Guiraud defines semiology as the science of signs and sign systems. He starts from Saussure's idea that language is the model for the study of all other signs.
In the book, Todorov examines the relationship between the production of discourse (rhetoric) and its interpretation (hermeneutics), focusing on verbal symbolism – the phenomenon of indirect meaning that builds on direct, literal meaning.