THE ARCHITECTURE OF MEANING: COGNITIVE, PHILOSOPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC FOUNDATIONS

This book makes critical reviews of the following books and study materials: Semantics and Cognition by Ray Jackendoff, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis by John Hospers, Asian Philosophy: Theoretical and Analytical Studies, The Philosophy of Word and Meaning: Some Indian Approaches with Special Reference to the Philosophy of Bhartrhari by Gaurinath Sastri, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Philosophical Analysis: Its Development between the Two World Wars by J.O. Urmson, Analyzing Meaning: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics by Paul.R.Kroeger, The Meaning of Meaning by C.K.Ogden & I.A. Richards and Semantics: The Study of Meaning by Geoffrey Leech. The purpose is to put together the ideas of meaning-making in cognitive, philosophical and linguistic domains so that scholars will be able to get at least satisfactory knowledge about the components of meaning-making, although it is an infinite process.