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The Semiotic Triangle

The semiotic triangle is a pattern that helps us to understand how our thoughts are connected with our languages and with the objects we mean with our words. These three worlds - thoughts, languages and objects - are represented by the three cornes of the semiotic triangle. Whenever we deal with words or meaning, it is essential to be aware that these three worlds are essentially different: Words are not the objects, nor are words identical with the concept in our thoughts. The form of the semiotic triangle helps us to distinguish the three worlds and is such our

By Hans Rudolf Straub|2026-01-06T10:19:59+00:0020. September 2024|Categories: music, Semantics|Tags: lute, piano, semantics, semiotic triangle, words|0 Comments

Semantics and Linguistics

What is semantics? A simple and easily understandable answer is that semantics is the meaning of signals. The signals can exist in any form: as text, as an image, etc. The most frequently studied semantics is that of words. This is a good reason to examine the relationship of linguistics and semantics. Can semantics be regarded as a subdiscipline of linguistics? Linguistics and semantics Linguistics, the science of language and languages, has always examined the structure (grammar, syntax) of languages. Once the syntax of a sentence has been understood, linguists see two further tasks, i.e. secondly to examine the semantics of

By Hans Rudolf Straub|2025-11-12T10:51:35+00:0013. October 2020|Categories: Semantics|Tags: concept, linguistics, meaning, semantics, word|0 Comments

The three innovations of rule-based AI

Have the neural networks outpaced the rule-based systems? It cannot be ignored: corpus-based AI has overtaken rule-based AI by far. Neural networks are making the running wherever we look. Is the competition dozing? Or are rule-based systems simply incapable of yielding equivalent results to those of neural networks? My answer is that both methods are predisposed for performing very different functions as a matter of principle. A look at their respective modes of action makes clear what the two methods can usefully be employed for. Depending on the problem to be tackled, one or the other has an advantage. Yet