Signifying and Understanding

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Signifying and Understanding is written by Susan Petrilli and published by Walter de Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 311021850X (ISBN 10) and 9783110218503 (ISBN 13).

This book introduces and provides commentary on a selection of published and unpublished works by Victoria Welby and exponents of the Signific Movement in the Netherlands. Beyond offering an important contribution to the reconstruction of a neglected phase in the history of ideas, it evidences the theoretical topicality of significs, in particular the focus on the relation of signs to value, meaning, and understanding, on verbal and nonverbal behavior, and on language and communication.