Categoria: Science
Created by: 2la
Number of Blossarys: 16
Signs where the signifier is caused by the signified, e.g., smoke signifies fire. The signifier makes you think of the signified because the two are frequently physically connected in the real world ...
Signs where the relation between signifier and signified is purely conventional and culturally specific, e.g., most words.
The smallest unit of meaning. Anything that can be used to communicate or to tell a lie. Linguistic communicators study the use of signs but the extended meaning of "sign" covers all kinds ...
By: 2la