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"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