Semiotics is the study of signs. Thus, semiotics investigates the structure and function of all processes in which signs are involved: the processing of information in machines, the stimulus and response processes in plants and animals, the metabolism in organisms, the interactions of primates, communication between humans, the relations between social institutions. It also deals with the special processes of interpretation that take place in the comprehension of the complex sign structure in legal matters, literature, music and art.
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