LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

STRUCTURALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Saussure, meanings of words are?
A
Different
B
Relational
C
Opposed
D
Contextual
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Saussure, the relationship between the concept and written/spoken word is arbitrary. The word doesn’t matter as long as it’s different from every other word in a given language and every speaker of that language accepts that it represents the same thing.

Detailed explanation-2: -In physics and philosophy, a relational theory (or relationism) is a framework to understand reality or a physical system in such a way that the positions and other properties of objects are only meaningful relative to other objects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Saussure contended that language must be considered as a social phenomenon, a structured system that can be viewed synchronically (as it exists at any particular time) and diachronically (as it changes in the course of time).

Detailed explanation-4: -Understanding Speech, Language, and Speaking However, in order to successfully follow any linguistic study according to Saussure, it is important to understand three of his terms: ‘speech, ‘ ‘language, ‘ and ‘speaking, ‘ or ‘langage, ‘ ‘langue, ‘ and ‘parole’ respectively.

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