Concept of Sign by Peirce

'A sign... [in the form of a representamen] is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity. It addresses somebody, that is, creates in the mind of that person an equivalent sign, or perhaps a more developed sign. That sign which it creates I call the interpretant of the first sign. The sign stands for something, its object. It stands for that object, not in all respects, but in reference to a sort of idea, which I have sometimes called the ground of the representamen' (Peirce 1931-58, 2.228). The interaction between the representamen, the object and the interpretant is referred to by Peirce as 'semiosis' (ibid., 5.484). Within Peirce's model of the sign, the traffic light sign for 'stop' would consist of: a red light facing traffic at an intersection (the representamen); vehicles halting (the object) and the idea that a red light indicates that vehicles must stop (the interpretant).

The Representamen: the form which the sign takes (not necessarily material);
An Interpretant: not an interpreter but rather the sense made of the sign;
An Object: to which the sign refers.

Peirce y la semiótica

La siguiente sesión analizaremos el concepto de signo desde la perspectiva de Charles Sanders Peirce, quien desde la lógica, nos ofrece una propuesta que involucra tres elementos, es decir, una relación triádica.

LEcturas:

Peirce, Ch. S.
La ciencia de la semiótica.
Ediciones Nueva Visión.
Buenos Aires.
Puntos: 227-231

Sebeok, T.
Signos: una introducción a la semiótica.
Paidós.
1996.
Capítulo 2: Seis especies de signos (36-55)


Vitale, Alejandra.
El estudio de los signos. Peirce y Saussure.
Eudeba. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
7-25 (leer lo referente a la definición de signo).