The linguistic network of signifiers and imaginal polysemy: An essay in the co-dependent origination of symbolic forms

Journal/Book: J Mind Behav. 1995; 16: PO Box 522, Village Station, New York, NY 10014. Inst Mind Behavior Inc. 405-419.

Abstract: The relations between language and imagery are addressed by cross referencing Lacan and James Hillman, along with Mead, Geschwind, and Gibson. Not only is neither symbolic frame reducible to the other, but neither can be rooted in perceptual capacities that would be distinct from or more ''primitive'' than the other. Outside of specific theoretical agendas that would analyze one by simplifying the other, word and image are co-emergent and co-dependent expressions of the inherent openness of the human mind.

Note: Article H Hunt, Brock Univ, Dept Psychol, St Catharines, on L2S 3A1, Canada

Keyword(s): COGNITIVE-PSYCHOLOGY; CONSCIOUSNESS; GESTURES; STATES

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