![]() For example, in the book “The forms of meaning. This is in compliance with Sebeok’s later theoretical stance: to describe different types of signs in connection with various modelling strategies, i.e., from the position of the utterer and sign creation rather than that of the receiver and sign perception. In his analysis, Sebeok seems to emphasise the position of the sender rather than that of the receiver. Sebeok focuses on the position of the mimic and describes various organisms that carry deceptive characteristics (Sebeok 1990a: 95-96). In his essay “Can animals lie?” Thomas A. ![]() ![]() The position of the mimic and its connection to the model is especially interesting for semiotics, as it relates to the question of deliberate deception and hence intentional semiosis in the animal world. Distinguishing the three participants in mimicry and their relationships brings along the possibility to analyse mimicry from different perspectives. ![]()
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