Icon and symbol
a reappraisal of the resemblance debate
pp. 29-37
in: John Deely, Margot D. Lenhart (eds), Semiotics 1981, Berlin, Springer, 1983Abstract
Semiotics has been traditionally based on such oppositions as conventional/natural, arbitrary/motivated, digital/ analogical. While such oppositions have proved useful in classifying signs, mutually exclusive typologies are inadequate foundations for semiotics.