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Theorem 4 – Panofsky’s theorem
de Stefan Vladutescu
(trad. Mirela Teodorescu)
Theorem 4 – Panofsky’s theorem: meanings has three levels of manifestation: factual, expressively, intrinsic (of content). There is, shows Erwin Panofsky (Panofsky E., 1980, pp. 57-59), in each communication activity also three levels of meaning. To explain the situation, the repute American researcher gives a memorable example: raising the hat gesture as sign of salutation. When somebody salutes us on the street, raising his hat, formal we don’t anything else than changing of some details within a configuration.