Informing Theories

(1) Semiosis: Michael Halliday's Model Of Human Protolanguage: The 4 Microfunctions


exterior phenomenon
intersubjective
objective
interior
sensing
desideration
regulatory
I want you-&-me
instrumental
I want it
cognition
interactional
I think you-&-me
personal
I think it


(2) Neuroscience: Gerald Edelman's Theory Of Neuronal Group Selection

EDELMAN GM  1989 Neural Darwinism: The Theory Of Neuronal Group Selection Oxford: Oxford University Press
EDELMAN GM  1992 Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On The Matter Of The Mind New York: Basic
EDELMAN GM  2005 Wider Than The Sky: A Revolutionary View Of Consciousness London: Penguin
EDELMAN GM  2006 Second Nature: Brain Science And Human Knowledge New Haven and London: Yale University Press
EDELMAN GM  & TONONI G 2000 Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination London: Penguin