CCT210H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Epistemic Modality, Traffic Light, Binary Opposition
21 Nov 2013
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The principle of contrasts between two mutually exclusive terms: on/off, up/down, left/right etc; an important concept of structuralism, which sees such distinctions as fundamental to all language and thought. (opposite of theorectical) For instance, if a masculine man thinking of how he should dress up today for 2 hours which he has female emotion. Then we could say this is a binary opposition, masculine versus the feminine. The existence of several meanings in a single word. For instance, the word play can be different meanings as it could be play a video or play basketball. Attractive as a subject for reporting by news media. It is an epistemic modality that connotes the speaker"s strength of inference or degree of confidence. For instance, the word may signals possible occurrence; and the word must signals confirmed occurrence. The act of projecting or the condition of being projected.
