ime in trying answer them.
I need to say at the outset, though, that I will answer from my
own peculiar point of view, and I really have no idea what may
be considered the &quot;received view&quot; on Peirce as of this moment.

Different readers of Peirce seem to favor different &quot;definitions&quot;
or &quot;characterizations&quot; of the sign relation.  Robert Marty, et al.
have collected 76 + 12 of them at his site in Perpignan, and these
are also available at Joe Ransdell's &quot;Arisbe&quot; website: