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Chapter 1
Articulation and
Translation of Meaning
ABSTRACT
Notions of articulation and translation pertain to a great deal of concepts and events described in this
topic such as communication, cognition, and computing, so they will return as themes for discussion in
chapters that follow. It seems particular areas of interest associated with ostensibly unrelated disciplines
may have some common features. Both the articulation of units and translation of a meaning or a structure
may hold common traits. Inquiring into concepts of articulation and translation may be considered the
way of exploring the meaning. The articulation is discussed as units combined into complete structures
and thus meaningfully formulated. The further text includes examples of double and triple articulation
of signs in languages, programs, and several other fields. The concept of translation—another common
thread interweaving distinctive processes and events—may include translation from nature to art (with the
use of technology), as well as many forms of visual, verbal, and numeral translation. Two-way translation
is discussed, from nature to idea and production and from products to human perception and creation.
INTRODUCTION
translation as the ways of exploring meanings. The
further discussion will return to both concepts in
following chapters.
It seems areas of interest belonging to ap-
parently unrelated disciplines might have some
common features. It can be assumed both the
articulation of units combined into complete
structures, as well as translation of a meaning or
In this topic, the meaning of things, concepts,
and experiences is examined in several ways,
for example in terms of perception, cognition,
aesthetics, technology, or art production. This
chapter is about the concepts of articulation and
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4703-9.ch001
