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'''Signification''' is the [[Structuralism|structuralist]] notion for being a [[sign]], i.e. the property of expressions that they stand for other things. A sign is viewed as a composite unit consisting of a relation between an overt signal (the [[signifier]]) and the information that this overt signal evokes (the [[signified]]).
 
 
 
 
'''Signification''' is the [[Structuralism|structuralist]] notion for being a [[sign]], i.e. the property of expressions that they stand for other things. A sign is viewed as a composite unit consisting of a relation between an overt signal (the [[signifier]]) and the information that this overt signal evokes (the [[signified]]). The notions 'signifier' and 'signified' are also known as (French) 'signifiant' and 'signifié' from De Saussure (1959).  
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 4 March 2009

Signification is the structuralist notion for being a sign, i.e. the property of expressions that they stand for other things. A sign is viewed as a composite unit consisting of a relation between an overt signal (the signifier) and the information that this overt signal evokes (the signified).

See also

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

  • Frawley, W. 1992. Linguistic semantics, Laurence Erlbaum Associates:New York/London.
  • Lyons, J 1977. Semantics (2 volumes), Cambridge University Press:Cambridge.
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