Help me out science-&-reason Twitter: What's it called when a piece of information that means/signals one specific thing is turned into a piece of info that can mean various things, thus muddying the formerly clear signal of "A means A" into "A might mean A, B, C, D, or E"?
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Thanks. This isn't just linguistics, and I do know that (because I'm a nerd and interested in such things), but it is an expanding of the meaning of a signal (a sign put out on a door) to mean various things could be taking place instead of just the one thing.
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Ooh, semiotics! Nerd fascination INTENSIFIES
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