ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The part Saussure calls the ‘sound-image’ (the mental ‘linguistic sign ’ given to the ‘thing’) he named the ‘signifier’-this is the sound Google’s logo creates in our minds. The signifier connects ‘Google’ to the physical world (of sounds).

Detailed explanation-2: -Signifier: any material thing that signifies, e.g., words on a page, a facial expression, an image. Signified: the concept that a signifier refers to. Together, the signifier and signified make up the. Sign: the smallest unit of meaning. Anything that can be used to communicate (or to tell a lie).

Detailed explanation-3: -One relevent and key idea in semiotics is the distinction between signifiers and referents. A signifier is any communicative tool, including images, texts, or spoken words, that effectively points to an idea.

Detailed explanation-4: -Saussure says that a linguistic sign is a combination of a concept and a sound-image. The concept is what is signified, and the sound-image is the signifier. The combination of the signifier and the signified is arbitrary; i.e., any sound-image can conceivably be used to signify a particular concept.

Detailed explanation-5: -: one that signifies. : a symbol, sound, or image (such as a word) that represents an underlying concept or meaning compare signified.