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(1983) Semiotics 1981, Dordrecht, Springer.

Icon and symbol

a reappraisal of the resemblance debate

Michael J. Giordano

pp. 29-37

Semiotics has been traditionally based on such oppositions as conventional/natural, arbitrary/motivated, digital/ analogical. While such oppositions have proved useful in classifying signs, mutually exclusive typologies are inadequate foundations for semiotics.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-9328-7_4

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Giordano, M. J. (1983)., Icon and symbol: a reappraisal of the resemblance debate, in J. Deely & M. D. Lenhart (eds.), Semiotics 1981, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 29-37.

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