Monthly Archives for September 2012
Ferdinand de Saussure & Roland Barthes
So-sure It is somewhat difficult to accept that a concept is inseparable from a sound image. It is more difficult to accept, although, that this concept and sound image, signified and signifier respectively, have no real basis in the material world, in nature. Nothing has an intrinsic name. Nothing is born with a name … Continue reading Continue reading
Ferdinand de Saussure & Roland Barthes
So-sure It is somewhat difficult to accept that a concept is inseparable from a sound image. It is more difficult to accept, although, that this concept and sound image, signified and signifier respectively, have no real basis in the material world, in nature. Nothing has an intrinsic name. Nothing is born with a name … Continue reading Continue reading
Mythologies, Ronald Barthes
In reading Ronald Barthes I really found interesting his theories on toys. I believe that as he is explaining and describing his theories on toys, he is really describing his view on children; he mentions that: “Frenchman sees the child … Continue reading Continue reading
Mythologies, Ronald Barthes
In reading Ronald Barthes I really found interesting his theories on toys. I believe that as he is explaining and describing his theories on toys, he is really describing his view on children; he mentions that: “Frenchman sees the child … Continue reading Continue reading
Impressions on “Course in General Linguistics” by Saussure
In Course in General Lingusitics Saussure separates language from speaking. While language does not depend on the speaker, speaking is an individual act. For Saussure, language is a well-defined concrete homogeneous object that can – and must – be studied … Continue reading → Continue reading
The Value of Knights
We won’t leave Tolstoy’s horse behind, but instead recast it on Saussure’s chess board as a knight (which knight is lighter? This provides the start of an explanation to this puzzle). It is a bit odd that in chess the knight is … Continue reading Continue reading
