Monthly Archives for September 2012
Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics
Language vs. Speech Ferdinand de Saussure was one of the most influential figures of 20th century linguistics. He believed language (langue) to be “a product that is passively assimilated by the individual” (59) as opposed to being a function of … Continue reading → Continue reading
Barthes: Myth/Signification
In Mythology Barthes addresses the myth as a semiological system that uses Saussure´s linguistic system as its base. The sign becomes the signifier which Barthes chooses to call form, and then a different signified is incorporated, this is called the concept. Finally, the result of the union of these two terms is the myth or […]
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What I get from Saussure
According to Saussure language is the social aspect of speech in the sense that it is not a natural function of the speaker and it can’t be created nor modified by an individual but only assimilated. It is a system of signs in which the essential thing is the union of concepts and sound-images (the […]
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Course in General Linguistics
Saussure, one of the fathers of 20th century linguistics, said:” The linguist must take the study of linguistic structure as his primary concern and relate all other manifestations of language.” Language is a social product passively assimilated by the individual. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Art as a Technique by viktor Shklovsky
Art as a Technique by viktor Shklovsky Shklovsky brings out that there comes a point were perceptions become habitual thus becoming unconsciously automatic. Here he refers to things we do in everyday life and that are repetitive. He gives the … Continue reading Continue reading
Art as a Technique by viktor Shklovsky
Art as a Technique by viktor Shklovsky Shklovsky brings out that there comes a point were perceptions become habitual thus becoming unconsciously automatic. Here he refers to things we do in everyday life and that are repetitive. He gives the … Continue reading Continue reading
The Dialogical Imagination by M.M Bakhtin
When reading this essay I had a really hard time understanding it as a whole, but instead I think there are various ideas that are very important and thought-provoking. First there is an attempt to define language, I found it … Continue reading Continue reading
The Dialogical Imagination by M.M Bakhtin
When reading this essay I had a really hard time understanding it as a whole, but instead I think there are various ideas that are very important and thought-provoking. First there is an attempt to define language, I found it … Continue reading Continue reading
Art as a Technique
If there is something that we as human beings in the 21st century have experienced in our lives that is without a doubt automatization. After riding the same bus for months, walking the same streets, dusting the same divan and saying the same “good morning”, situations, words, objects and even their concepts start to become […]
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