General language

General language

Use this category for general terms related to languages.

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General language

A sign is a meaningful unit which is interpreted as 'standing for' something other than itself. Signs are found in the physical form of words, images, sounds, acts or objects (this physical form is ...

sign vehicle

Language; General language

A term sometimes used to refer to the physical or material form of the sign (e.g. words, images, sounds, acts or objects). For some commentators this means the same as the signifier (which for ...

signification

Language; General language

In Saussurean semiotics, the term signification refers to the relationship between the signifier and the signified.

signified

Language; General language

For Saussure, the signified was one of the two parts of the sign (which was indivisible except for analytical purposes). Saussure's signified is the mental concept represented by the signifier ...

signifier

Language; General language

For Saussure, this was one of the two parts of the sign (which was indivisible except for analytical purposes). In the Saussurean tradition, the signifier is the form which a sign takes. For ...

signifying practices

Language; General language

These are the meaning-making behaviours in which people engage (including the production and reading of texts) following particular conventions or rules of construction and interpretation.