Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Integrability Conditions For Differential Systems, Linguistic System, Oedipus Complex
12 Dec 2017
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Mit 2200g final exam study guide (5x essay questions pick three; open-book examination) Week 02: structuralism: ferdinand de saussure (1857-1913) taught the course in general linguistics; his lectures were compiled by his students into the text we study, the sign is the basic element of language. The signi er and the signi ed are like two sides of a sheet of paper they are uni ed; you cannot physically deconstruct it. A signi er can link to different signi eds: example: bat baseball bat vs. nocturnal bat, example: cat kitty, feline, tabby, tomcat. As long as we agree as a linguistic community, that is all that matters. Signi ers are distinct from their material manifestations. Phonic: cat only means something because of the sounds /k t/ Conceptual: we don"t give things meaning meaning is produced by the system. Ergo, language is generated by the system, not by the users of that system: language is not a nomenclature.
