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Information can be interpreted as in-formation, which refers to the potential of the form for a mediation of meaning. In this paper we focus on reasoning information and consider the question how form involved in reasoning can be used for an analysis of accounting narratives in corporate disclosures. An evaluation of experimental results is included.
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Sarbo, J.J., Yang, J.H. (2015). A Semiotic Approach to Critical Reasoning. In: Liu, K., Nakata, K., Li, W., Galarreta, D. (eds) Information and Knowledge Management in Complex Systems. ICISO 2015. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 449. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16274-4_2
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