Semiotics

Notes

Signifier - CAT + Signified - Pet, Animal, Meow.

Physical Characteristics 

Whiskers

Strange Arching Shapes

Hunter

Lazy

Eyes

Stealthy

Agile

Associated with Cats

Cat scans

Fur Balls

Cat Burglars

Witches Cats

Characters

Garfield

Puss in Boots

Silvester

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Signifier - Arbitrarily/ Random, About Context

All Arbitrary?

Indexical, Iconic, Symbolic.

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Indexical Signs - Claim a casual relationship between signifier and signified.

Iconic Signs - Look or resemble the person.

Symbolic Signs - The relationship to the creature is established by convention.

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Constraint 

Highly Constrained - Realistic

Highly Unconstrained - Unrealistic

Convention |——————————-| Constraint