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In:Handbook of Pragmatics: 29th Annual Installment
Edited by Frank Brisard, Sigurd D’hondt, Mieke Vandenbroucke and Jana Declercq
[Handbook of Pragmatics 29] 2026
► pp. 65–79

Semiotic resource

 | Tilburg University
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Article outline
  • Introduction
  • From sign to resource: Meaning making in social semiotics
  • Semiotic resources in practice: The case of waste
  • Posthuman semiotic resources: From animals to other-than-living agents
  • Looking ahead: Expanded contexts amidst AI
  • Note
  • References
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