Semeiotics

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semeiotics \Se`mei*ot"ics\ (s[=e]`m[-i]*[o^]t"[i^]ks), or
  Semiotics \Se`mi*ot"ics\, n.
     1. The study of signs as an element of communication; the
        analysis of systems of communication; -- also called
        {semiology}.
        [PJC]


  
     2. a theory of signs and symbols, including as branches
        {semantics}, {pragmatics} and {syntactics}. --[RHUD]
        [PJC]