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Lévi-Strauss's term for the appropriation of pre-existing materials which are ready-to-hand (and in the process contributing to the construction of one's own identity) is widely-used to refer to the ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Pairs of mutually-exclusive signifiers in a paradigm set representing categories which are logically opposed and which together define a complete universe of discourse (relevant ontological domain), ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

The ontological division of a domain into two discrete categories (dichotomies) or polarities. 'Binarism' is a more loaded term which critics have applied to what they regard as the obsessive dualism ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

'The bar' is a term used by some theorists to refer to a) the horizontal line in Saussure's model of the sign which acts as a boundary marker between the levels of the signifier and the signified ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Asynchronous communication is communication other than in 'real-time' - feedback is significantly delayed rather than potentially immediate. This feature ties together the presence or absence of the ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

This was Saussure's term for what later came to be called paradigmatic relations. The 'formulaic' associations of linguistic signs include synonyms, antonyms, similar-sounding words and words of ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Articulation refers to structural levels within semiotic codes. Semiotic codes have either single articulation, double articulation or no articulation. A semiotic code which has 'double articulation' ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

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