CMNS 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: White Privilege, Arbitrariness
11 Dec 2015
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Linguistic sign is immaterial; saussurean model privileged spoken word : the line b/w is the distinguisher or signi er and signi ed, writing : speech as signi er : signi ed. Idea that sound (signi er) and thought (signi ed) are inseparable; two sides of a piece of paper relations: intimately linked in the mind by an associative link; each triggers the other. Sign could not consist of sound w/o sense or vice versa. Signs only make sense as part of an abstract system; they"re based on structure and: no sign makes sense on its own but in relation to other signs, signi er and signi ed are relation entities. Sound and thought are distinct but correlated. Value of a sign: depends on its relations w/ other signs in the system: like game of chess: value of ea. piece depends on its positioning on the board.
