Match List I (Sign Category) with List II (Example) and choose the correct answer.

List I

i.Iconic

ii.Indexical

iii.Symbolic

iv.Profusion of signs

List II

a.Language

b.Photographs

c.Smoke

d.Letters of the alphabet

Ai-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a ✓ Correct

Bi-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b

Ci-b, ii-d, iii-c, iv-a

Di-a, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c

Correct answer: (A) i-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a

Explanation

The true pairing runs i-b, ii-c, iii-d, iv-a.

Statement 1, iconic, ties to photographs, since an iconic sign works by resemblance and a photo looks like what it depicts.

Statement 2, indexical, ties to smoke, because an index points to its cause and smoke signals fire.

Statement 3, symbolic, ties to letters of the alphabet, whose meaning rests on convention with no natural link.

Statement 4, profusion of signs, ties to language, the richest and densest sign system of all.

Charles Peirce's icon, index and symbol trichotomy underlies this scheme.

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