Re: Ontolog Forum • JS
The concept of a triadic sign relation, in typical form 
where 
is the object domain (think universe of discourse) and 
and 
are domains of signs (think channels or languages) being used to talk and think about 
is most often applied in one of two ways.
- and are really the same channel, language, medium, set of signs, or state space of a system we are using to convey information about
In cases where 
we are often concerned with transformations taking place within a single set of signals and we may write 
to signify our focus on sign relational triples of the form 
where 
is a sign that follows 
in a logical or temporal sequence, in short, where is contemplated as a next state of 
- and are two different channels, languages, media, sets of signs, or state spaces of systems being used to convey information about In this case the issue is one of translation or interoperability.
Reference
- Awbrey and Awbrey (1995), “Interpretation as Action : The Risk of Inquiry” (1) (2)
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