Sign, Signifier and Signified by Saussure II Course in General Linguistics II Ferdinand de Saussure

Sign, Signifier and Signified by Saussure II Course in General Linguistics II Ferdinand de Saussure
Dr. Vipul V. Kapoor

1. Sign Signifier Signified Dr. Vipul V. Kapoor

2. Structuralism Everything in this world has some structure. Our solar system has its structure, our body has a structure, and our society has a structure. Nothing in this world is found without structures.

3. What are Sign, Signifier and Signified?

4. Language is arbitrary (subjective). Language and meaning is governed by culture, society, religion, tradition and so on. When someone speaks the word “TREE ”, an image of a tree comes to our mind. But everyone will have different image.

5. Sign means an small unit or word in a language. For example, ‘book’, ‘tree’ etc. Signifier means the spoken or written word. Signified means what we understand after hearing or reading that word. It ma var y from person to person.

6. This proves that language is arbitrar y or subjective. Language and meaning are governed by culture, society, religion, tradition and so on.

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