New directions in linguistics and semiotics (Rice University Studies, 1984)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface - Linguistics at Rice University: the first two decades - James E. Copeland -- - Introduction - On the aims of linguistics - Sydney M. Lamb -- - 1 - See languages steadily and see it whole - Winifred P. Lehmann -- - 2 - The uniqueness fallacy - Charles F. Hockett -- - 3 - Linguistics in the University: the question of social accountability - M.A.K. Halliday -- - 4 - Lessons from American Indian linguistics - Mary R. Haas -- - 5 - Reshaping linguistics: context and content - Robert E. Longacre -- - 6. The many linguistic functions of duration - Ilse Lehisti -- - 7. Lexical semantics and text semantics - Charles J. Fillmore -- - 8. Linguistics, poetics, and the literary genres - Edward Stankiewicz -- - 9. Subjects + objects: the current state of visual semiotics - Donald Preziosi -- - 10 - Symptom - Thomas A. Sebeok -- - 11 - Semiotic laws in linguistics and natural science - Sebastian Shaumyan