Definitions:
series: A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.
sequence:an arrangement of two or more things in a successive order
- the successive order of two or more things chronological sequence
- a sequentially ordered set of related things or ideas
- an action or event that follows another or others
sign:
3 kinds of a sign: index,icon,& symbol
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.
Signs include gestures, facial expressions,speech disorders, slogans, grafitti, commericals, body language, poetry, design etc. The context determines how we interperet signs
Example: Stop means danger
apple means healthy
crownmeans king
icon:
the icon is thesimplest since it is a pattern that physically resembles what it `stands for'. There is some resemblance btw. the signifier and signified.Icons have a physical resemblance between the signal and the meaning.
A printer icon represents printer
BOW WOW (sound effect) signifies dog barking
index:
Defined by somesensory feature, A, (directly visible, audible, smellable, etc) that correlates with and thus implies or points to B, something of interest to an animal.
A physical or casual relation btw. signifier(photo) and what is signified (what the photo depicts). The non-arbitrary relation that exists is said to be indexical.
A black eye signifies a punch
TiCkInG signifies a clock
symbol:
Symbols (content words like nouns, verbs and adjectives) are (sound) patterns) that get meaning:primarily from its mental association with other symbols and secondarily from its correlation with environmental patterns. An arbitrary pattern (usually a sound pattern) that gets its meaning primarily from its mental association with other symbols.
A dove symbol signifies peace
A person's name, such as Dave is a verbal symbol for that person.
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