signifier
signifier
Definition
sig·ni·fier (sig′nə fī′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that signifies
- Linguis. a sound or group of sounds, an image, or a symbol that stands for an object or concept
signifier
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- sin: Be able to claim as a calendar signifier of sin.
- identity: The body can also be a signifier of complex cultural identities that challenge received readings of ' the other ' .
- masculinity: All the films ' opening sequences contain signifiers of noir masculinity.
- meaning: Design creates dramatic action, causes tension in a visual form; it is a signifier of performance meaning.
- mathematics: The conclusion to be drawn is that the signifiers of mathematics do not correspond to unique signifieds.
Converse of object
- become: The anonymous subjectivity of the visitor is rejected, instead, the signified becomes also the signifier.
- use: Drawing on the observation that teachers with very diverse forms of practice may use the same signifier to describe their teaching.
- term: The event or name is termed the signifier, and the idea is termed the signified.
- do: How does the signifier " Shakespeare " function within American popular culture?
- have: The other listings providers will follow suit and move some of the confusion of having different signifiers for each access.
Adjective modifier
- privileged: From unattended parked as the privileged signifier bucks more they're who for years.
- floating: Race, the Floating Signifier, Northampton, MA: The Media Education Foundation ( video lecture ).
- linguistic: Language, text and linguistic signifier are all relative products.
- empty: An important point is that the general strike necessarily is an empty signifier.
- cultural: What are the visual, aural and cultural signifiers of urban space?
- visual: Through the work of key landscape, genre, history and figure painters the evolution of national visual signifiers is analyzed and discussed.
Modifies a noun
- type: The questions, ' When do two signifier tokens represent the same signifier type?
- token: The questions, ' When do two signifier tokens represent the same signifier type?
Noun used with modifier
- master: Similarly I gave an example of viewing through the master signifier ` child-centred learning ' to give meaning to my classroom interactions.
- cela: Qu'est-ce que cela peut signifier pour une personne comme moi?
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