Semiotics.owl
Semiotics OWL Pattern
Hierarchy
- InformationEntity
- Expression =~ Term
- Manifestation =~ Material
- Meaning =~ Concept
- Reference =~ Instance
Key Properties
- denotes: InformationEntity => Reference
- expresses: Expression => Meaning
- hasManifestation: InformationEntity => Manifestation
- hasConceptualization: Reference => Meaning
Examples
- oldBathTub (a owl:NamedIndividual) hasConceptualization FlowerPlanter (a owl:Class) .
- 'beehive' expresses Beehive (a owl:Class) .
- 'Leonardo da Vinci' denotes LeonardoDaVinci (a owl:NamedIndividual) .
- 'Mouse' denotes denotes MusMusculus (a owl:NamedIndividual punned from a owl:Class) .
- DantesComedy is manifested as a Book
Semiotic Triangle
`Meaning` ^ | | | --- --- expresses | | conceptualizes --- --- | | | v `Expression`------->`Reference` denotes
Practical Example
The term 'G8' expresses the OWL Class G8Countries and denotes the set {Canada,France,Germany,Italy,Japan,Russia,US,UK}, which is conceptualized by G8Countries
Further properties
- Linguistic (speech) acts as settings for Expression, Manifestations, Expressions and References
- Related meaning as Meaning => Meaning property
Linguistic act example
:lingAct_1 a :Quote, semiotics:LinguisticAct ; situation:isSettingFor _:agent ; situation:isSettingFor :lingAct_2 . _:agent a agentrole:Agent ; :authorOf "http://dinoutoo.pagesperso-orange.fr/histo/tal1.htm"^^xsd:anyURI . :lingAct_2 a :Say, semiotics:LinguisticAct ; situation:isSettingFor :Talleyrand ; situation:isSettingFor [ :inDate "06-10-1814"^^xsd:date ] ; situation:isSettingFor _:sentence ; situation:isSettingFor _:meaning ; situation:isSettingFor _:reference . _:sentence a semiotics:Expression . ontolex:lexicalForm "Si cela va sans dire, cela ira encore mieux en le disant"@fra ; ontolex:lexicalForm "Although it goes without saying, it is better that it is said"@eng . _:meaning a semiotics:Meaning . _:reference a semiotics:Reference ; :partOf :CongressOfVienna .
Issues
- Naming of 'reference': Should it be 'referent'?
- Aldo opted for "reference" because "referent" typically bears a realistic flavor in philosphical debates. Besides that, no problem in using "referent", as in the Ogden-Richards version of the triangle.
- Unreferenced datatype property hasComponent