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"[[sign]]" ([[Fr]]. ''[[signe]]'')
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[[Lacan]] defines the [[sign]] as that which "represents somehing for someone."<ref>[[Lacan]] defines the [[signifier]] -- in opposition to the [[sign]] -- as "that which represents a subject for another signifier." {{S11}} p.207</ref>
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==Semiotics==
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According to [[Saussure]], the [[sign]] is the basic unit of [[language]]
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The [[sign]] is constituted by two elements:
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==See Also==
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* [[Language]]
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* [[Signifier]]

Revision as of 16:57, 30 July 2006

"sign" (Fr. signe)


Lacan defines the sign as that which "represents somehing for someone."[1]


Semiotics

According to Saussure, the sign is the basic unit of language

The sign is constituted by two elements:

















See Also

  • ↑ Lacan defines the signifier -- in opposition to the sign -- as "that which represents a subject for another signifier." Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book XI. The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, 1964. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Hogarth Press and Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 1977. p.207
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