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| Code: A code is a system of rules or instructions that defines how information is represented and communicated. It can be used to represent text, images, sound, or other forms of data. See also Encoding, Information, Communication._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Umberto Eco on Code - Dictionary of Arguments
II 19 Code/Miller/Eco: according to Miller (G. Miller, 1951(1)), we define code as any system of symbols intended by prior agreement to represent the information and transmit it between source and destination. >Information. II 130 Code is: a) a system of significant units and their combinations, b) a system of semantic systems and rules of semantic combination of the different units (differentiated by their semantic components and compatible or incompatible) c) a system of their possible couplings and the rules of transformation from one to the other and d) a repertoire of rules of fact which provide for different communication circumstances corresponding to different interpretations. Footnote: one could also say that the code involves: a) the morphological systems, b) the grammatical rules, c) the semantic systems, d) the rules of coupling and transition between morphological and semantic systems and e) the rules of semantic projection. II 132 Eco: the description of codes as currently functioning can almost always only be carried out on the occasion of examining the communication circumstances of a particular message. II 142 A semiotic judgment says what the code says. A factual judgment says what the code does not provide and enriches the code. >Grammar, >Semantics, >Rules, >Systems, >Symbols, >Syntax. 1. G. Miller, Language and Communication, NY, 1951_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Eco I U. Eco Opera aperta, Milano 1962, 1967 German Edition: Das offene Kunstwerk Frankfurt/M. 1977 Eco II U, Eco La struttura assente, Milano 1968 German Edition: Einführung in die Semiotik München 1972 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-17