General sociology

General sociology

General terms relating to the study of society.

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denotation

Sociology; General sociology

The most basic or literal meaning of a sign, e.g., the word "rose" signifies a particular kind of flower. It is the surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition ...

paradigmatic relations

Sociology; General sociology

It is a relation that holds between elements of the same category, i.e. elements that can be substituted for each other. It is where signs get meaning from their association with other signs.

metonymy

Sociology; General sociology

A kind of connotation where in one sign is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of Washington for the United States government or of the sword for military ...

synecdoche

Sociology; General sociology

A kind of conotation in which part is used for the whole (as for sailor). Collections of related connotations can be bound together either by paradigimatic relations or by syntagmatic relations.

indexical signs

Sociology; General sociology

Signs where the signifier is caused by the signified, e.g., smoke signifies fire. The signifier makes you think of the signified because the two are frequently physically connected in the real world ...

iconic signs

Sociology; General sociology

Signs where the signifier resembles the signified, e.g a picture. Words can be iconic too. It is often argued to play a large role in the production and perception of gesture.