A symbol with certain representative significance. Originated from regulations or conventions, it has a simple form, a wide variety, a wide range of uses and a strong artistic charm. The names of other singers and movies are also "symbols". British scholar Terence. Hawkes believes that as long as anything exists independently, is related to other things and can be explained, then its function is a symbol.

On the one hand, it is the carrier of meaning and the presentation of spiritual externalization; On the other hand, it has an objective form that can be perceived.

In symbols, there are both sensory substances and spiritual meanings, which are unified and inseparable. For example, traffic lights at intersections are not intended to illuminate people, but represent a traffic rule. The connection between this symbol and the reflected object is realized through meaning. Symbols are always meaningful symbols, and meaning is always expressed in a certain symbolic form. The construction function of symbols is to establish a connection between perceptual symbols and their meanings, and present this connection in our consciousness.

Symbol is the external form or material carrier of information, and it is an indispensable basic element in information expression and dissemination. Signs can usually be divided into two categories: linguistic signs and nonverbal signs, which are usually combined in communication. Both linguistic signs and nonverbal signs can play the role of reference and communication in the communication of human society.

fundamental function

Communication is one of the basic functions of symbols, which endows the symbol world with great vitality. In the sense of semiotics, human communication behavior refers to the process that people use symbols to express their feelings, communicate with each other and enjoy information. In this process, different symbols have different coding and decoding rules. Symbolic context is a specific situation in which people use symbols for cognition and communication, which mainly plays a restrictive and explanatory role in communication.

Special symbol

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Character symbols: Chinese characters-Oracle Bone Inscriptions-Roman numerals-Latin.

punctuate

(question mark)/! (exclamation point)/. (period)/&; (and)/,(comma) ""(quotation marks): (colon)/-(dash)/,(pause).

mathematical symbol

= (equal sign)/+(plus sign)/-(minus sign)/× (multiplication sign)/(division sign)

The main logic symbol can greatly save mental work, and then liberate productive forces.