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A-Z 1053comprises the study of other sign systems, such as sign language, forms of politeness,military signals, etc.ReferencesLanigan, R.L. 1972. Speaking and semiology. Berlin and New York. (2nd edn 1991.)Saussure, F.de. 1916. Cours de linguistique générale. Paris. (Course in general linguistics, trans.R.Harris. London, 1983.)semioticssemiosisTerm used in semiotics to designate the production and interpretation of a sign.semiotic triangle (also semantic triangle)Geometric schema developed by Odgen and Richards (1923) to illustrate the dependentrelationship between symbol, thought, and referent; or, in more common terms, sign,meaning, and object (of reference).Germane to this approach, whose basic ideas are to be found as early as in the worksof Parmenides (c. 540–470 BC), is the hypothesis that there is no direct relation betweenthe symbol and referent, between the linguistic expression and the state of affairs in thereal world; that is, linguistic expressions relate to the real world only through theirmeaning.