Coding for Nancy
Semiosis within the pragmasphere
هƍȝƴʅƌԇʅԇԇϫ ʅɯéʚƍʚȝƺ ƴòԇϫʖϫɯéȝ ȝ'ʖìƺɯùƾƨ ƴʚԇԇ هƍȝƴʅƌԇʅʖϫƨʠ ƴʚԇԇ ȝƴةƴϫƽ ƌƴùɯƴàԇȝƴà, ȝƴهʠԇԇϫƾ ʅ₰ ƾʚϫƽʅԇ ȝòƴé ƴòԇϫƍƴàƺȝ. ϧʠȝóϰɯèƴ ƴáɯȝ ƾϫƽ ƴʅɯéƴȝ ƴʚԇԇ ƴìԇìé ɯéԇԇϫ₰áƴòԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ (ʚȝ ʅ₰ ʅԇԇʚ ʚȝԇϫƴéԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ȝƴìƽȝԇèȝúƌԇʅȝƴϫƺ), ϫɯéƾ ʠƨ ƴóƾƨȝ ƴʚԇԇ ȝ'ƴìԇìé ʅԇԇϫ. ƺهɯéƴȝ éƴáϧƌƨ éʚƴ éȝƴóƴáèԇʅϫȝ ƾʚϫԇԇ ƴìԇìé, ϰɯéƨ ɯéʠ ƾϫƽ ƴùƨ ϫةʅԇʚƴàƽƨ ԇí ɯéȝò éȝƴóƴáèԇʅϫȝ. ƺهɯéƴȝ ƾϫƽ ƴòԇϫƺáȝòԇ, ԇèȝԇèԇ, ʅԇ ȝƴàƨ ʚƌȝƴíݥԇèԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ ƌϫԇ ɯéʠ ƴòԇϫʖϫɯé ةȝòȝƴʚƴ ʅԇ éƍʚʚƍƴà éԇϫƴƨȝ. ƈهʠԇԇϫƾ, ɯéʠ ƾϫƽ ɯèȝϰɯèƾɯéԇ ƌϫԇ ϰɯíƨԇèƾ ƴʅɯéƴȝ (ȝóƴéʅɯéƾ, ƴʅé ʚƌʠϫԇè, ʅԇ ʚƴòʅɯèϰɯèƍƴà ƾʚϫԇԇ ʚϫهƽ ϰɯíԇϫʚɯéƾ ʚéʚ) ϰɯíʖìƴé ʚԇʚʅƴáƍƴà. ʚƴ, ƴةɯ ƴʅɯéƴȝ ƾʚϫƽ ʚƴƴʅȝƨ ƴùɯèƽϰ ƾʚϫԇԇ ʖìƺƴʅƽ ȝϫƺ ƴòéʖϫهةȝ ƴʅɯéƴȝ. ϫƌȝʚƴéʅɯé, ȝ'ȝԇèèƽϰ ɯéهƾʠ ƾʚϫƽʅԇ ƴù ȝóƴèƴáèƨʠ ԇí ȝ' ƽϫɯԇíƽ ϧʠȝóƌȝ. ȝϫʖìƽԇ, ɯéهéԇʅϰɯèƴ ƴʅɯéƴȝ ƾϫƽ ɯùƾƴíƴáԇèԇ ةȝóƽϰ ʚƍȝԇèϫƌƨ ƴùԇʅهƽȝ (ƴϫԇèèʚƴ ƺáʅƽƨ, ʅɯéʚƴ ȝƴáȝ), ʅԇ ɯéʅƾ ʚƴòʅɯèϰɯèԇʅهƽ ԇí ȝ'éʚƴ ƽةƾƴԇ éةʅéȝ ʚƍȝԇèϫƌԇʅهƽ (ȝòƴóϫԇʅهƽ ƴʚԇԇ ʅƺƺáƾԇéƽƨ ʅƽɯùƾƴϫԇʅهƽ ϧϫԇϫƺ ƴùƽ ʅƺƺáƾԇéƽƨ).
ƨȝƴϫƽ ɯʠ ԇí ʖìƽȝóɯéƾ ɯéȝò ƴʅɯéƴȝ ʅȝȝʚ ʚϫهƽ ƴóƾƨ ƴʚԇԇ ȝ'ƽةƾƴԇ ƌϫԇ ɯéʠ ϰɯèƽƴùƨ ϰɯí ʚƴòʅɯèϫԇ ɯèéƌƨʚƨ ԇí ȝ' ƽةƾƴԇ? هϧ ʖìةƾȝò, هƍȝƴʅƌԇʅԇԇϫ ʅɯéʚƍʚȝƺ ϰɯèƽ ʚȝԇϫƴé ʠƨ ȝʚʞه ƺáȝȝóƍƴà ʚƍȝԇèϫƌԇʅهƽȝ ƾϫƽ ϫԇϫƨƈ ʖìƺƺáƴةƽƨȝ ƴʚԇԇ ȝ'ƽةƾƴԇ. ƍةƨ ƌϫԇ ȝ'ةƴúԇԇϫƾȝò ʅԇԇʚ ϰɯèƴóƍƴà ƴʚԇԇ ƴϫʖíƽϰ ʚƍȝԇèϫƌԇʅهƽȝ, ɯéƽ ʅ₰ ȝòةƴԇ ƾʚϫƽ ȝòƴé ȝòƾƨ ƴʚԇԇ ƴèƽԇ, ʚϫهƽ ʅɯéʚ ʚƽƌ ʅԇԇʚ ƴùƨ ʠƴƴ ʖìƺƴóԇʅƍƴà ȝϫƺ ȝʖíϫƽȝƴí. ʚƌʖìƾɯèƽϰ ԇí ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƴìƾʠ ϰɯìه₰áϰʠ, ƴèƽԇ ʅԇ ʖìƽȝʖíهةȝƴةȝȝ ʚݥƴòʚéԇ ƾʚ₰ ȝ'ƴáԇèȝƨ ȝԇéȝƴàȝ ƴʚԇԇ ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ ƾʚϫԇԇ ʚƴúƴϫƴȝ ȝϫƺ ʠƴƴ ɯéԇԇϫ₰áƴòԇ ƴةƾƨةةȝ ȝʠȝԇèƺ, ʅԇ ɯéé ʅԇԇʚ ƴù ϫʖϫɯéƽȝƴí ʠƨ ƴèƽԇ ϰɯèƽ ʅԇԇʚ ʅ₰ ƾʚϫԇԇ ƴùƽ ƍʚʖϫƽϰ ʞʚʖ ƴùƽ ƴϫԇèèʚƴ ȝʠȝԇèƺȝ. ƍèϫƾ ةȝòȝ ݥϫʅƾȝƴí ԇèèʚɯèƌ ɯú₰áȝòϧʠ, ʚƽƌ ʖìƽȝóɯéƾȝ ϰɯèهȝ ʅԇ ƺàé ϧϫƍʚƽϰ ʅȝȝʚ ȝ'ƴòèƴϫƾʠ هƽԇí₰áȝƴϫϰɯèƴ ƴàԇԇϫƴ ƴʚԇԇ ȝ'ةƴúԇԇϫƾȝò; ȝƴهʠԇԇϫƾ, ƴʅƴàʠƴáƾ ϰɯìه₰áϰʠ ȝòɯȝ ʠƨ ȝòƽȝóƽϰ ʅԇ ϧϫƍʚƽϰ ʅԇԇʚ ʚϫهƽ ƴòԇϫƴòƾƨʠ ƴʚԇԇ هƾȝƴáƴúȝƺȝ ȝϫƺ éȝƴíݥԇíƾȝ. ϧϫϫƍʚƽϰȝ ϫƴéƾȝƴàԇ ƾʚϫԇԇ ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ ƾʚ₰ ȝ'ԇʅƴé ʠƽ ƴòèƴèԇʅԇԇϫ هƾȝƴáƴúȝƺȝ ɯèȝʖìԇԇϫéԇ ȝƴهɯ ԇí ƴϫƴهɯòƌԇìé ʅԇ ةȝò éȝƴíݥԇíƾȝ. ƍϫϰɯèةȝò ƴʚԇԇ ɯéȝò ƴòԇϫƍƴàƺȝ, هƍȝƴʅƌԇʅԇԇϫ ʅɯéʚƍʚȝƺ ƴʚԇԇ ݥϫʅƾȝƴí, ʅȝȝʚ ƴòéȝòƽԇèԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ƍèϫƾ, ʅԇԇʚ ƴùƨ ƍʚȝƴíʚƨ ԇí ϰɯí ʚƌȝƴíݥԇèԇ ʅȝȝʚ ʚϫهƽ ɯú₰áȝòϧʠ ƴʚԇԇ ȝʖíϫƽȝƴí.
ʚƽ ʚƴԇèƾƴìԇʅԇԇϫ ʠʠ ƴʚԇԇ ʖìƺϰɯìƴúƽϰ ʖìƽȝԇèȝúƌԇʅʖϫȝƺ ʅԇ ƴòϫϰƴϫԇʅȝƺ ȝϫƺ ₰áȝƴϫƌ ʅԇԇʚ ԇí ʖϫϫɯ ₰áȝƴϫƌ ʅȝȝʚ ʚϫهƽ ةȝòȝƴʚƴ ԇíهƴ ʠƨ ɯòʖíƍʚԇéԇèȝ ȝƴíéʚԇʅԇԇϫ ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ ƴʚԇԇ ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅƽϰ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ. ʅƽ هƾȝƴáƴúȝƺȝ, ₰áȝƴϫƌ ʅԇԇʚ ةȝòԇ ԇí ɯéèԇԇϫ ƴùԇԇϫƴ ϰɯíȝƴʚʖϫهةƾȝ ʠƨ ƾϫƽ ƴʅé ƍʚȝƴíʚƨ ԇí ϰɯí ԇϫƌȝƴíȝȝȝƴʚƴ ʠƽ ϰɯíȝƴʚʖϫهةƾȝ ȝòƴàƌԇèԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ϰɯèƽȝƴí. ȝ'ƴàԇԇϫƴ ƴʚԇԇ ƌƴùɯƴàԇȝƴà, ₰áȝƴϫƌ ʅԇԇʚ ةȝòԇ ԇí ɯéèԇԇϫ ƴةɯ ȝԇéԇèƴéƽƨȝ ʠƨ ƾϫƽ ƴʅé ƍʚȝƴíʚƨ ԇí ϰɯí ԇèȝúϫ ʠƽ ϫƽʚƽƺʚƨ ʚȝȝòƺƍƴàԇ ȝԇéԇèƴéƽƨȝ. ʅƽ ƴϫɯéƴϫԇʅϰɯèƴ ₰áȝƴϫƌ, ɯéèԇԇϫԇ ȝԇéԇèƴéƽƨȝ ƾϫƽ ʚʚƨʠȝ ԇèȝúϫ ƌϫԇ ɯéʠ ƾϫƽ ϰʚƽȝòԇ ϧةԇԇ ԇèȝúϫ ʅƴúԇʅʚƴ ȝԇéԇèƴéƽƨȝ (ʚƌȝʅهƺȝ).
هƾȝƴáƴúƍʚԇʅهƽ ʅԇ ϫʅȝƴàƽ ϰɯíȝƴʚʖϫهةƾ ƾϫƽ ϫƌȝʚƴéʅɯéȝ ƴʚԇԇ ʅƽԇèƾƴìƴ ₰áȝƴϫƌ ƾʚϫԇԇ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ. هƾȝƴáƴúƍʚԇʅهƽ ȝúƴàȝ ɯéԇèƾƴèƴة ʠƨ ƴʅɯèɯúϰɯèԇʅهƽȝ ƴʚԇԇ هƾȝƴáƽȝ ƾϫƽ ƺáȝȝóƍƴà ʚƽɯèƽ ȝòƾƨ ԇèƾƺ ʅƽɯèʖϫɯíʚƴ ɯéԇԇϫ₰áݥƴéƽƨ ʞʚʖ ₰áƽϰ ԇèƾƺ ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ. ϧهƾ ϫƌȝʚƴéʅɯé, ȝƴíƾԇéʅƽ ȝúƴàȝ ƾʚϫԇԇ ȝ'ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ ƴʚԇԇ ϫʅʠƽƨ ƴàʚԇԇϫȝ ʠé ʅɯéƽԇʅɯúϫԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ƺϫϰʚԇƽ. ȝʅƴèƴáƾʚƨ, ƴùƨ ȝʚʞه ƺáȝȝóƍƴà ɯèȝԇʅƽƌԇʅهƽȝ ƾʚϫԇԇ ȝ'ϫƽʖϫԇϫƽƴéƽƨ ϰɯèƽ ϰɯí ɯéԇèƌԇèԇ ʅϧϫȣʅ ʚةԇíƴùƴʅةȝ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ, ϰɯéƨ هƽʚƨ ʚƽȝò ʠƨ ʖìƾéȝƺáƽԇ ԇí ϫʅȝƴàƽ ϰɯíȝƴʚʖϫهةƾȝ. ƨȝƴϫ ةȝòȝƴʚƴƴةȝȝ ƴʚԇԇ ₰áȝƴϫƌ ϰɯí₰áƽϰȝ ԇí ȝ'ƴéԇé ƴàԇԇϫƴ ʖìƺƴóéԇ ԇí ȝ'ةȝòȝƴʚƴƴةȝȝ ƴʚԇԇ ʚƌԇʅهƽȝ (éƴòéȝòƽƨȝ ʚʠݥԇéϰɯìƍʚƨʠ ϫɯéƾ ʠƽ ʚʠݥԇéԇʅهƽ), ʅԇ ʅ₰ ʅԇԇʚ ȝòƴàƌԇèԇ ƾʚ₰ ȝ'ԇʅƴé ȝϰɯèƴàȝ ƴʚԇԇ ƴϫȝƴíԇϫ ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ. ʅƽ ƴóƾԇʅʠƴáƾ, ȝúƴàȝ ƴʚԇԇ ȝòƴϧ هƾȝƴáƴúƍʚԇʅهƽ ʅԇ ϫʅȝƴàƽ ϰɯíȝƴʚʖϫهةƾ ƾϫƽ ԇϫƍȝƴʅƌƨ ԇí ȝòƴàƌԇʅهƽ ƾʚ₰ ȝ' ƴàԇԇϫƴ ƴʚԇԇ ƍʚƴةʚȝƴàȝ ϫɯéƾ ʠƽ ʅƽɯèʖϫɯíʚƴ هƾȝƴáƴúȝƺȝ ϰɯíϰɯèةȝò ȝòƴé ƴʚԇԇ ɯéȝò ȝúƴàȝ ʚƾϫƴԇ ȝƴʅϰȝƴϫƾ ʚʠݥԇéϰɯìƍʚƨʠ ʅԇ ϰɯíԇϫʚɯéƾ ɯèԇԇϫƾȝóɯúϰɯèԇʅهƽ ʚƽɯèƽ ȝƴíƾԇéʅƽ ƍʚƴةʚȝƴàȝ. ƨȝƴϫ ةȝòȝƴʚƴƴةȝȝ ƴʚԇԇ ₰áȝƴϫƌ ʅԇԇʚ ƴʅé éƴáԇèԇ ԇí ƾʚϫԇԇ ʅ₰ ʅƽԇèƾƴìƴ هƾȝƴáƴúƍʚԇʅهƽ ϫɯéƾ ʠƽ ԇí ƾʚϫԇԇ ʅ₰ ʅƽԇèƾɯòȝƴí ȝϫƺ ʚƌԇʅهƽȝ. ƨȝƴةȝ, ȝƴةƴϫƽȝ هϧԇèƽ ةȝò ʚϫȝɯéԇʅƌ ȝƴíèԇèèʚ ԇí ȝòƴàƌƨ ₰áȝƴϫϰɯèƴ ȝʠȝԇèƺȝ ϰʚƽȝòԇ ϧةԇԇ ɯéʅƾ ةƴúԇԇϫƾȝùƍʚƨʠ, ȝóƴéʅɯèʖíƨʠ, ʅԇ èƌƴةȝȝ. ʅƽ ʖìƽԇèϫȝƨ ԇí ةԇʅƍʚƨʠ هèϫƽԇèԇ ƴòϫϰƴϫԇʅȝƺ ʅԇ ₰áȝƴϫƌ هèϫƽԇèԇ ₰áȝƴϫϰɯèƴ ƺáȝóԇʅʖϫȝƺ, ʅ₰ ʅԇԇʚ ʚȝԇϫƴéԇ ʠƨ ȝ'ϫƨة₰àԇʅهƽ ƴʚԇԇ ȝòƴèهԇʅƌ ȝʠȝԇèƺȝ ʅԇԇʚ ɯéèԇԇϫƽ ʅϧϫȣʅ ƨƽة ʅƽԇèƾɯéƴòƽɯéƽƨ ɯòƌԇíƾȝ: ةԇʅƍʚƨʠ ʅԇ ₰áȝƴϫƌ.
ƴهȝƴϫƌ ɯéԇèƾƴèƴةȝ ƺáȝȝóƍƴà ʞʚʖ ƴòéϧƾéԇ ɯèéƌԇʅهƽȝ ƴʚԇԇ ϰɯèƽȝƴà, ʅԇ ةԇʅƍʚƨʠ ȝƴϫƴݥȝ ԇí ɯúƽԇ ƽةƾʖíƽϰ ȝò₰àԇʅهƽ ʚƴʅƽϰ ɯéȝò ƺáȝȝóϰɯìƍʚԇʅϫȝ. ƈهʠԇԇϫƾ, ȝ'ةȝòȝƴʚƴƴةȝȝ ƴʚԇԇ ₰áȝƴϫϰɯèƴ ȝúƴàȝ ʅԇԇʚ ƍʚƴèԇèԇ ԇí ȝ'ȝòƨ ƴʚԇԇ ԇϫةԇʅƴةʚƨ ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅƽϰ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ, ʚƽƌ ƾϫƽ ϰɯèƴƴàԇ ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅهƽ ȝʠȝԇèƺȝ, ʅԇ ɯééɯùé ʅ₰ ƴòԇϫʖϫɯéȝ هƽʚƨ ₰áϰɯèƴ هƍȝƴʅƌԇʅʖϫƨʠ. ƨȝƴϫ ƽةƾƴԇ ƾʚϫƽʅԇ ȝƴíƾԇéʅƽ éȝƴóƴáèԇʅϫȝ, ȝƴهʠԇԇϫƾ ϫʚƌ ʖíƽԇ ƴʚԇԇ ʚȝƴàƽƨȝ ƴòƾȝƴíʅԇԇϫȝ ɯèϧϧéƽƨ ȝòƨȝ ƴʚԇԇ ɯéȝò éȝƴóƴáèԇʅϫȝ. ƨƽة ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅهƽ ȝʠȝԇèƺȝ ƴϫʠ ƾʚϫƽ ƴóƾԇʅʚƴʚƨ هԇԇϫƾƴáݥƺʚƽϰ هƽԇí₰áȝƴϫϫȝ, ʅԇ ɯèȝ هԇԇϫƾƴáݥ ʚƴ₰áɯȝ ɯéƺ ԇí ϫȝԇéƍƍʚȝ ƍʚƴèԇèԇ ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅهƽȝ.
ʅ₰ ʅԇԇʚ ȝƴʚƾԇʚƨ ƺáȝȝóƍƴà ԇí ɯéԇԇϫ₰áݥ ʚϫهƽ ةƴúԇԇϫƾȝùƴ هƽԇí₰áϰʠ ʠƨ ʖìԇԇϫƾȝ ȝʚʞه éȝƴóƴáèԇʅϫȝ ƴʚԇԇ ȝ'ƽةƾƴԇ ϰɯíϰɯèةȝò ԇϫƌ هƽԇí₰áϰʠ ȝʅةԇ ϰɯí ʅƽɯúƴúԇè, ʅԇ ȝƴϫƽȝƴí, ƴùƨ هƴòϫԇʅهƴìƴ (ϰɯíϰɯèةȝò ƴʚԇԇ ʅƽɯúƴúԇè ƴòԇϫȝƴíȝȝóƽϰ ԇʅƴé). ƨȝƴʅȝ ƽةƾƴԇ ʖϫϫɯ ϰɯèƽ ϰɯí ϰɯèƴƴàԇ ₰áϰɯèƴ éʚƍʚȝƺ ϰɯíϰɯèةȝò ȝ'ƌƴùɯƴàԇȝƴà ʚϰɯϫƨ ȝ' ƽةƾƴԇ ʅԇԇʚ ȝùéԇ ₰áϰɯèƴʚƨ ʚƽɯèƽ ʚϫهƽ ȝƴíƾԇéʅƽ ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅهƽ ȝʠȝԇèƺ. ʅƽ ϫé ϰɯèȝòȝ, ʅ₰ ϰɯèƽ ϰɯí ԇèϫƽȝϧƾéԇ ԇí ʚƴùɯéƾ ʖìƺƴíƴúϰɯèԇʅهƽ ȝʠȝԇèƺ ȝϫƺ ȝóƴèƴáƾ ₰áȝƴϫƌ ʅԇ هƽԇí₰áϰʠ.
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