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Semiotic; Theory of Signs

Semiotic; Theory of Signs A general theory of signs and their applications, especially in language, developed and systematized within Scientific Empiricism (q.v. II C). Three branchesgrammatics, semantics, syntactics. 1. Pragmatics. Theory of the relations between signs and those who produce or receive and understand them. This theory comprehends psychology, sociology, and history of the use … Continue reading “Semiotic; Theory of Signs”

Semiosis

Semiosis The process in which something functions as a sign. It involves that which acts as a sign (the sign vehicle), that which the sign refers to (the designatum), and that effect upon some interpreter in virtue of which the thing in question is a sign to that interpreter. See also Semiotic. Fuente: The Dictionary … Continue reading “Semiosis”