CMN 2152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: O. J. Simpson, Bald Eagle, Term Symbol
9 Jun 2016
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The pizza video - change in the wavelength of sound, few add on of comments and ads. From philosopher chrles s. peirce in the late 19th century. A sign is a stimulus pattern that has a meaning. The difference is in how the meaning happens to be attached to (or associated with) the pattern. The icon is the simplest since it is a pattern that physically resembles what it "stands for". A picture of your face is an icon of you. The little square with a picture of a printer on your computer screen is an icon for the print function. Defined by some sensory feature, a, (directly visible, audible, smellable, etc) that correlates with and thus implies or "points to" b, something of interest to an animal. A limping gait is a sign that an animal is physically impared. A scowling facial expression is an index of displeasure or concern (to a human)
