A Linguistic Explanation of Information
We can tentatively extend the idea of semiotics and linguistics to consider that matter itself is its own symbol, which is also its own language. Matter itself has a symbol and a meaning. Matter is a noun and a verb at once. The entire world is a language. Information is a state where language is no...
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description | We can tentatively extend the idea of semiotics and linguistics to consider that matter itself is its own symbol, which is also its own language. Matter itself has a symbol and a meaning. Matter is a noun and a verb at once. The entire world is a language. Information is a state where language is not understood or where it is prior to being interpreted. Once it is interpreted or understood, it is a language. At this level, we can find that, in fact, the information is a specific form of language and is a subset of language, and not the opposite. |
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spelling | doaj.art-2f68b002e800472c99e1762d344052d12023-11-23T18:33:29ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002022-03-018116810.3390/proceedings2022081068A Linguistic Explanation of InformationLeiming Shi0College of Arts, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, ChinaWe can tentatively extend the idea of semiotics and linguistics to consider that matter itself is its own symbol, which is also its own language. Matter itself has a symbol and a meaning. Matter is a noun and a verb at once. The entire world is a language. Information is a state where language is not understood or where it is prior to being interpreted. Once it is interpreted or understood, it is a language. At this level, we can find that, in fact, the information is a specific form of language and is a subset of language, and not the opposite.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/81/1/68informationsignalsymbollanguagegeneralized languagematter-language |
spellingShingle | Leiming Shi A Linguistic Explanation of Information Proceedings information signal symbol language generalized language matter-language |
title | A Linguistic Explanation of Information |
title_full | A Linguistic Explanation of Information |
title_fullStr | A Linguistic Explanation of Information |
title_full_unstemmed | A Linguistic Explanation of Information |
title_short | A Linguistic Explanation of Information |
title_sort | linguistic explanation of information |
topic | information signal symbol language generalized language matter-language |
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