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The study of signs, what they represent and signify, and how we act and think in their milieu.


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Sign

Being the lowest level of information, signs are carriers of ->signals.


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Signal

A ->message that has been transformed to a transferable form, the carrier of the message, carried by a ->sign.


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Message

The carrier of information, carried by a ->signal.


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Syntax

Defining the laws of composing ->messages the syntax determines the relation between a sign-set and the ->sign or pattern.


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Sigmatics

The relation between a ->sign or pattern and its carrier.


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Semantics

The relation between a ->message and its meaning for the receiver.


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Pragmatics

The impact of a ->signal to its receiver's behaviour.



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