AI RESEARCH
The meaning of prompts and the prompts of meaning: Semiotic reflections and modelling
arXiv CS.CL
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ArXi:2509.14250v2 Announce Type: replace This paper explores prompts and prompting in large language models (LLMs) as dynamic semiotic phenomena, drawing on Peirce's triadic model of signs, his nine sign types, and the Dynacom model of communication. The aim is to reconceptualize prompting not as a technical input mechanism but as a communicative and epistemic act involving an iterative process of sign formation, interpretation, and refinement.