ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Psychoanalysis, Jacques Lacan, Connotation
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Linguistic and non-linguistic signs: signifier and signified, symbol, icon, index, denotation and connotation. How we construct ourselves: sapiens human that knows . Semiotics: language (linguistics) & other signs (proper semiotic) Icons share some physical form (shape, sound, etc. ) with referent. Index: don"t share form with referent: don"t sound and look the same as referent indicate what they refer to. Symbols have arbitrary relations to signified ( referent ) Connected through system of signification (eg. language) Cat (arbitrary, doesn"t look/sound like a cat, no logical reason behind choosing the word cat) Some not pure symbols: moo, oink, splash, scratch: onomatopoeia (icons) Example denotation: stephen harper, pm of canada, holding a beer. Some referents are real and others (ie. yeti) are not. Construction through signs is an adaptive advantage of h. sapiens. Linguistic sign: eg. word, phrase, sentence: slob , cat . Construction: formed by people in society, nurture not nature.
