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Human-computer interaction IS semiotics applied!
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Some definitions
2.1.
Semiotics:
2.2.
Semiology
2.3.
Some other terms and definitions that you should find helpful:
2.3.1.
Sign:
2.3.2.
Semiosis (pl. semioses):
2.3.4.
Interpretant:
2.3.4.1.
Actually, the potentially infinite process of interpretations of a sign.
2.3.4.2.
Peirce defined the term with more technicality:
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Interpretation
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Sign as a construct
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Ethics of terminology
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Problems with semiology-based definitions
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Peirces Semiotics