A theory of meaning

Metaphor-based meaning excavation

“…''Meaning" is a key concept for understanding a variety of processes in fields ranging from information sciences [33] to biology [5]. However, the term ''meaning" is elusive and ill-defined, and different theoretical approaches do not agree on the exact sense of the word and methods of determining the meaning of a given term [7,33,43,44].…”

“…However, the term ''meaning" is elusive and ill-defined, and different theoretical approaches do not agree on the exact sense of the word and methods of determining the meaning of a given term [7,33,43,44].…”

A shift of mind – Introducing a concept creation model

“…Emerging meaning from given words are analyzed by semiotic approach [19]. The ambiguities of the words also involve shifting experiences of self, often classified as subjective or objective transfer [24,25].…”

Strategic Intelligence Analysis: From Information Processing to Meaning-Making

“…However, one should realize that there are two different and complementary axes of information: "The syntactic axis concerns the formal representation of information in a digital code. The semiotic axis concerns the meaning of information for interpreting agents as this information appears in the analogical mode" ( [6]). While the first axis has been intensively studied and formalized in information sciences, the second axis has been almost exclusively studied by other fields such as Semiotics ( [10]), the study of signs and signification, and Pragmatics ( [5]), the branch of linguistics dealing with language use in context.…”

“…Our aim is to present a novel methodology for meaning-based analysis of texts for strategic intelligence. The methodology leans on insights gained from studying meaning-making in various domains such as political rhetoric ( [4], [7], [9]), and computational linguistics ( [6]), and from the interdisciplinary background of the authors. Due to space limits, we present only the general outlines of the methodology without dwelling on technical details.…”