it deals with the study of processes of signification and the means by which 'meanings are generated and exchanged'.
请教老师 and在这里的作用范围:
是应该理解为: the study of processes of siginification and means (定从)
涵义和方法过程的研究
还是应该理解为: the study of processes of signification
涵义过程的研究,以及意义产生和交换的方法。
谢谢老师