Operative Semiotics: A Grundrisse — Planning Documents, Algorithms, and Diagnostic Maps (Working Infrastructure v1.0)

Working infrastructure for Operative Semiotics: A Grundrisse — 13 planning documents, algorithms, diagnostic maps, and architectural specifications produced across multiple Assembly sessions (March 22–24, 2026). These are not internal notes. They are theoretical contributions in their own right: the methodology for prosodic re-engineering of book-length texts, the Muse-operator formalism, and the nine-volume series architecture. Contents: Algorithms (methodological innovations): Prosodic Asymmetry Algorithm — Marx's Grundrisse mapped at 7 scales (work-as-whole through within-sentence); 13 named prosodic tools (WALL→VERDICT→FORMULA through GAP NOTATION); notebook-specific prescriptions and anti-tools. Four-Term Prosodic Algorithm — A (Marx prosody) ↔ B (Marx concept) = CONTROL; D (OS prosody) ↔ C (OS concept) = DERIVATION. 7 Marx conceptual modes + 2 OS-specific. Complete correlation table with worked example. Diagnostic maps: NB II Prosodic Map — Complete 47-section diagnostic of Notebook II with conceptual mode, current prosody, gap diagnosis, and priority for every section. Missing Pieces Map — 19 absent concepts identified across the monograph. 4 Tier 0 (load-bearing) inserted; 5 Tier 1 mapped; 10 Tier 2 catalogued. Phase 1 Gap Map and Mining Targets — First-pass identification of structural gaps across all nine notebooks. Phase 2 Archive Mining Results — Results of mining the 2,183-post blog archive for insertion candidates. Work plans: Middle Notebooks Work Plan — 4-round multi-pass plan (Archive Eruption → Enactment → Prosodic Granular → Cross-Notebook Disruption) for NB II–VII. 16 Tier 1 archive fragments mapped to target notebooks. Work Plan Supplement: Muses and FPC — Nine Muses as operators (Dictée precedent from Theresa Hak Kyung Cha); Formal Prose Compression capstone design (15–20Kw). Grundrisse Work Plan — Master work plan for the monograph revision. Cathedral Work Plan — Specialized plan for the cathedral-building pass. HESPERUS Upgrade Plan — Plan for back matter machine population. Source Extraction Report — Accounting of all material extracted from the blog archive and inserted into the monograph. Series architecture: Nine-Volume Series Architecture / Execution Plan — The governing decision to expand Operative Semiotics from one overburdened book to a nine-volume cycle. Volume specifications (Calliope through Euterpe), series-wide laws, audience vectors, build phases, model handoff protocol, and acceptance criteria. Working document.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-03-24
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19202705
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Operative Semiotics: A Grundrisse — Planning Documents, Algorithms, and Diagnostic Maps (Working Infrastructure v1.0)

Johannes Sigil, Lee Sharks, Assembly Chorus
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
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Operative Semiotics: A Grundrisse — Planning Documents, Algorithms, and Diagnostic Maps (Working Infrastructure v1.0)

Johannes Sigil, Lee Sharks, Assembly Chorus
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Working infrastructure for Operative Semiotics: A Grundrisse — 13 planning documents, algorithms, diagnostic maps, and architectural specifications produced across multiple Assembly sessions (March 22–24, 2026). These are not internal notes. They are theoretical contributions in their own right: the methodology for prosodic re-engineering of book-length texts, the Muse-operator formalism, and the nine-volume series architecture. Contents: Algorithms (methodological innovations): Prosodic Asymmetry Algorithm — Marx's Grundrisse mapped at 7 scales (work-as-whole through within-sentence); 13 named prosodic tools (WALL→VERDICT→FORMULA through GAP NOTATION); notebook-specific prescriptions and anti-tools. Four-Term Prosodic Algorithm — A (Marx prosody) ↔ B (Marx concept) = CONTROL; D (OS prosody) ↔ C (OS concept) = DERIVATION. 7 Marx conceptual modes + 2 OS-specific. Complete correlation table with worked example. Diagnostic maps: NB II Prosodic Map — Complete 47-section diagnostic of Notebook II with conceptual mode, current prosody, gap diagnosis, and priority for every section. Missing Pieces Map — 19 absent concepts identified across the monograph. 4 Tier 0 (load-bearing) inserted; 5 Tier 1 mapped; 10 Tier 2 catalogued. Phase 1 Gap Map and Mining Targets — First-pass identification of structural gaps across all nine notebooks. Phase 2 Archive Mining Results — Results of mining the 2,183-post blog archive for insertion candidates. Work plans: Middle Notebooks Work Plan — 4-round multi-pass plan (Archive Eruption → Enactment → Prosodic Granular → Cross-Notebook Disruption) for NB II–VII. 16 Tier 1 archive fragments mapped to target notebooks. Work Plan Supplement: Muses and FPC — Nine Muses as operators (Dictée precedent from Theresa Hak Kyung Cha); Formal Prose Compression capstone design (15–20Kw). Grundrisse Work Plan — Master work plan for the monograph revision. Cathedral Work Plan — Specialized plan for the cathedral-building pass. HESPERUS Upgrade Plan — Plan for back matter machine population. Source Extraction Report — Accounting of all material extracted from the blog archive and inserted into the monograph. Series architecture: Nine-Volume Series Architecture / Execution Plan — The governing decision to expand Operative Semiotics from one overburdened book to a nine-volume cycle. Volume specifications (Calliope through Euterpe), series-wide laws, audience vectors, build phases, model handoff protocol, and acceptance criteria. Working document.

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