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Abstract
This essay assesses the potentials and limitations of using Peirce's trichotomies of sign classes for social analysis, first, by examining selective applications of the model that rely primarily on the Icon-Index-Symbol division and, second, by exploring several extensions that move beyond a strict interpretation of Peirce. While process and complexity are shown to be not as productive as hoped, metasemiotic metaphors of replication are examined as the key to the creative power of indexicality
Published Online: 2009-10-28
Published in Print: 2009-October
© 2009 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, D-10785 Berlin
