Noun
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interpretant (plural interpretants)
(semiotics) The effect of a sign on someone who reads or comprehends it
For example, an interpretant does not merely represent something which represented an object; instead an interpretant represents something as a sign representing the object. Source: Internet
It defines three roles encompassing (1) the sign, (2) the sign's subject matter, called its object, and (3) the sign's meaning or ramification as formed into a kind of effect called its interpretant (a further sign, for example a translation). Source: Internet
One of Peirce’s distinctions was that of distinguishing an interpretant from an interpreter. Source: Internet
That sign which it creates I call the interpretant of the first sign. Source: Internet
The first typology depends on the sign itself, the second on how the sign stands for its denoted object, and the third on how the sign stands for its object to its interpretant. Source: Internet
The interpretant depends likewise on both the sign and the object — an object determines a sign to determine an interpretant. Source: Internet