Icon, index, symbol and denotation, connotation, metasign
Kumiko Tanaka‐Ishii, Yuichiro Ishii · Semiotica · 2007
We discuss how Hjelmslev's denotation, connotation, and metasign could correspond to Peirce's icon, index, and symbol. Our argument is based on the application of both theories to the programming language problem of confusion as to whether a sign signifies a value, reference, or type.