Open AccessBoris Uspenskij on history, linguistics and semiotics
Author(s) -
Ekaterina Velmezova,
Kalevi Kull
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sign systems studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1736-7409
pISSN - 1406-4243
DOI - 10.12697/sss.2017.45.3-4.12
Subject(s) - semiotics , terminology , friendship , semiotics of culture , social semiotics , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , applied linguistics , epistemology , art history , art , social science
The two interviews with Boris Uspenskij on history and the contemporary state of linguistics and semiotics discuss the necessity to elaborate a common terminology in semiotics, at the same time speaking about perspectives for interdisciplinary research, various research models, and the possibilities to produce proof in the humanities. Commenting upon some of his own works, in particular on Ego loquens (2007), Boris Uspenskij reflects upon the crucial events of his academic life and on contacts with his colleagues, emphasizing the importance of friendship with Roman Jakobson and Juri Lotman.