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distinct components: the
signifier ('sound-image') and the
signified ('concept').: 2 For Saussure, the
signified and
signifier are
purely psychological:...
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signify in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Signify or
signifying may
refer to:
Signified and
signifier,
concepts in
linguistics Signifyin', form...
- the
signifier of
something much broader. When this
universality comes about, it cuts off the
connection between the
signifier and the
signified. In the...
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Significs (Dutch: significa) is a
linguistic and
philosophical term
introduced by Victoria, Lady
Welby in the 1890s. It was
later adopted by the Dutch...
- by
semiotician Ferdinand de
Saussure wherein the
signifier (sound image)
interacts with the
signified (concept) to form one
whole linguistic sign. Gates...
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Signify N.V.,
formerly known as
Philips Lighting N.V., is a
Dutch multinational lighting corporation formed in 2016 as a
result of the spin-off of the...
- The
signifying monkey is a
character of African-American
folklore that
derives from the
trickster figure of
Yoruba mythology, Esu Elegbara. This character...
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important use of the idea of
signifying in rap or hip hop.
Signifying in
critical theory usage is also meaningful, as
signifier in
critical theory, and in...
- only the
signifier has been
doubled and (re)doubled, a
signifier in this
instance that is silent, a "sound-image" as
Saussure defines the
signifier, but a...
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complete disconnection of the
signifier and the
signified. An 'empty' or 'floating
signifier' is
variously defined as a
signifier with a vague,
highly variable...
