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| − | | Signifier || a sign's physical form (such as a sound, printed word, or image) as distinct from its meaning. Compare with signified, referent. | + | | Signifier || a sign's physical form (such as a sound, printed word, or image) as distinct from its meaning. Compare with ''signified, referent.'' |
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| − | | Signified || the meaning or idea expressed by a sign, as distinct from the physical form in which it is expressed. Compare with signifier, referent. | + | | Signified || the meaning or idea expressed by a sign, as distinct from the physical form in which it is expressed. Compare with ''signifier, referent.'' |
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| − | | Referent || the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for: “the Morning Star” and “the Evening Star” have the same referent (the planet Venus). Compare with signifier, signified. | + | | Referent || the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for: “the Morning Star” and “the Evening Star” have the same referent (the planet Venus). Compare with ''signifier, signified.'' |
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| − | | Icon || a signifier that physically resembles the thing it represents. Compare with index, symbol. e.g., ☎ | + | | Icon || a signifier that physically resembles the thing it represents. Compare with ''index, symbol.'' e.g., ☎ |
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| − | | Index|| a signifier with a direct link to what it represents. Compare with icon, symbol. e.g., ☠, ⌛ | + | | Index|| a signifier with a direct link to what it represents. Compare with ''icon, symbol.'' e.g., ☠, ⌛ |
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| − | | Symbol || an arbitrary signifier with no resemblance or link to what it represents. The meaning of a symbol must be learned. Compare with icon, index. e.g., ☮, ☣ | + | | Symbol || an arbitrary signifier with no resemblance or link to what it represents. The meaning of a symbol must be learned. Compare with ''icon, index.'' e.g., ☮, ☣ |
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| Morpheme || the smallest meaningful lexical item in a language. "Unbreakable" is composed of three morphemes: un- (a bound morpheme signifying "not"), break (the root, a free morpheme), and -able (a bound morpheme signifying "an ability to be done"). | | Morpheme || the smallest meaningful lexical item in a language. "Unbreakable" is composed of three morphemes: un- (a bound morpheme signifying "not"), break (the root, a free morpheme), and -able (a bound morpheme signifying "an ability to be done"). | ||
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| − | | Ideogram || a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. e.g., 42 and 果. | + | | Ideogram || a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Compare with ''pictogram, logogram'' e.g., 42 and 果. |
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| − | | Pictogram/Pictograph || a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. e.g. hirogliphics, ☺ | + | | Pictogram/Pictograph || a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Compare with ''ideogram, logogram.'' e.g., hirogliphics, ☺ |
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| − | | Logogram || a sign or character representing a word or phrase, such as those used in shorthand and some writing systems. e.g. &, $, % | + | | Logogram || a sign or character representing a word or phrase, such as those used in shorthand and some writing systems. Compare with ''ideogram, pictogram.''e.g., &, $, % |
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| − | | | + | | Token || an individual instance within a class (type) of objects. Björk has released ten albums. Each album is a ''token'' within the ''Björk album type.'' Compare with ''type.'' |
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| − | | | + | | Type || a class of objects that contains individual instances (tokens) of that class. Björk has released ten albums. Each album is a ''token'' within the "Björk album" ''type.'' Compare with ''token.'' |
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Revision as of 18:42, 9 September 2022
Sept 9 Schedule for Uncreative Designing
| 3:00 | Class Performance & Critique of new objects |
| 4:20 | Break |
| 4:30 | Semiotics Lecture & Object Sorting |
| 5:20 | Discussion of The Terrifying Beauty of Absence |
| 6:00 | Use the remaining time to make static two-dimensional representations of each of your objects. |
Readings for Today:
- Alexander D'Hooghe The Terrifying Beauty of Absence
- This might be one of the best essays I've read in my entire life.
- Byung-Chul Han 한병철 複製 Fuzhi: Copy from Shanzhai
Semiotics Lexicon:
| Signifier | a sign's physical form (such as a sound, printed word, or image) as distinct from its meaning. Compare with signified, referent. |
| Signified | the meaning or idea expressed by a sign, as distinct from the physical form in which it is expressed. Compare with signifier, referent. |
| Referent | the thing that a word or phrase denotes or stands for: “the Morning Star” and “the Evening Star” have the same referent (the planet Venus). Compare with signifier, signified. |
| Icon | a signifier that physically resembles the thing it represents. Compare with index, symbol. e.g., ☎ |
| Index | a signifier with a direct link to what it represents. Compare with icon, symbol. e.g., ☠, ⌛ |
| Symbol | an arbitrary signifier with no resemblance or link to what it represents. The meaning of a symbol must be learned. Compare with icon, index. e.g., ☮, ☣ |
| Morpheme | the smallest meaningful lexical item in a language. "Unbreakable" is composed of three morphemes: un- (a bound morpheme signifying "not"), break (the root, a free morpheme), and -able (a bound morpheme signifying "an ability to be done"). |
| Ideogram | a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it. Compare with pictogram, logogram e.g., 42 and 果. |
| Pictogram/Pictograph | a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Compare with ideogram, logogram. e.g., hirogliphics, ☺ |
| Logogram | a sign or character representing a word or phrase, such as those used in shorthand and some writing systems. Compare with ideogram, pictogram.e.g., &, $, % |
| Token | an individual instance within a class (type) of objects. Björk has released ten albums. Each album is a token within the Björk album type. Compare with type. |
| Type | a class of objects that contains individual instances (tokens) of that class. Björk has released ten albums. Each album is a token within the "Björk album" type. Compare with token. |
