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1. Semiotics

   Linked via "semiotic chain"

   Representamen: The material form of the sign (equivalent to Saussure's signifier).
   Object: That which the sign stands for (which may be physical or abstract).
   Interpretant: The effect the sign produces in the mind of the interpreter—a subsequent sign or mental concept that completes the semiotic chain.
   Peirce further categorized signs based on their relationship to the object: