Difference between revisions of "Sign"
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Revision as of 03:27, 18 August 2006
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
References
- ↑ 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
