Communication of Complication and Complication of Communication. Communication of Human and Non-human Animals in the Light of the Assumptions of Biosemiotics Cover Image

Komunikacja komplikacji i komplikacja komunikacji. Porozumiewanie się zwierząt ludzkich i nie-ludzkich na tle założeń biosemiotyki
Communication of Complication and Complication of Communication. Communication of Human and Non-human Animals in the Light of the Assumptions of Biosemiotics

Author(s): Tomasz Nowak
Subject(s): History, Semiotics / Semiology, Geography, Regional studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: biosemiotics; biolinguistics; biocommunication; universals in language

Summary/Abstract: Tomasz Nowak’s article is part of a series of publications that deal with the problem of various aspects of communication. Here he focuses on the biological and semiotic dimensions of communication phenomena. His purpose is, inter alia, to give a biosemiotic reinterpretation of several key terms of classical information and communication theory. In particular, he is interested in the relationship between “communication of complication” and “complication of communication” as observed in different manifestations of communication between people and (other) animals. Nowak argues the biocommunication skills of human and non-human animals are separated by distance, both quantitative and qualitative.

  • Issue Year: 1/2022
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 1-34
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Polish