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A Peircean Theory of Grammar

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A semeiotic theory of grammar, taking grammar in the broad sense of the entirety of linguistic structure, begins with an account of the signs of language. The triadic structure of signs in general is nowhere better epitomized than in human language, the example par excellence of semeiosis.

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Shapiro, M. (2022). A Peircean Theory of Grammar. In: The Logic of Language. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06612-2_2

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