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  1. “Semiotic Canalization”: a Process Directing the Use and Interpretation of Signals in Animal Interactions?Gabriel Francescoli - 2021 - Biosemiotics 14 (1):199-207.
    C. S. Peirce defined the sign as a means to communicate a form or habit embodied in the object to the interpretant, thus constraining (through a sign) the behavior of an interpreter to a limited series of effects. This is part of the process of “semiotic scaffolding” in which sign relations interlock and reinforce one another, providing directionality to the process. In biological evolutionary studies canalization is defined as the adjustment of developmental pathways by natural selection to bring about a (...)
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