Match the following in the light of Pierce's classification of 'Semiotics' done in his book Foundations of the Theory of Signs.
| List-I | List-II |
| a. Syntactics | 1. Describes the relation between signs and their interpreters |
| b. Semantics | 2. Describes the relations of signs one to another |
| c. Pragmatics | 3. Describes the manner in which they designate |
A. a-2, b-3, c-1
B. a-3, b-2, c-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3
D. a-1, b-3, c-2
Answer: Option A
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