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A theory that deals with the formal relations between signs or expressions in abstraction from their signification and their interpreters.

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  • The theory and study of signs and symbols, especially as elements of language or other systems of communication, and comprising semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics.
  • Rudolf Carnap offered a definition of “pragmatics” following “syntactics” and “semantics” in order to show the relationship of formal logic to empirical and...
  • Semiotic or semiotics: paraphrasing here from the Greek semeiotikos observant of signs, from semeiousthai to interpret signs, from semeion sign; akin to Greek semu sign - more...
  • Altruistic professors are teaching things like syntactics, synonymy, syncretism, and synergism.
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