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Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry

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In these pages, I have tried to suggest a view of mimicry that would be systemic and take into account the complexity of mimicry, while at the same time being sensitive to the peculiarities of different mimicry cases. Next, I will consider possibilities for developing semiotically inspired research methods that could be applied in the practical analysis of mimicry. In order to do this, semiotic modelling should have central importance. Semiotic modelling could be especially helpful in a systematic description of mimicry and in formulating research questions for mimicry studies.

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Maran, T. (2017). Modelling Mimicry. In: Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry. Biosemiotics, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50317-2_8

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