On metalanguage: Toward Jakobson’s fundamental semiotics
On metalanguage: Toward Jakobson’s fundamental semiotics

Summary/Abstract: Despite the thousands of pages devoted to Roman Jakobson’s well-nigh limit less scientific interests, little has been said about the place of metalanguage in his theory, often being relegated to a short remark about its position in Jakobson’s communication model or discussed in the context of his other major conceptions. This paper attempts to follow a different route: to consider metalanguage as a key term and indicate its most relevant connections to meaning of signs, communication success, and the nature of science.

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