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This 3 page paper discusses the difference between Husserl's idea of sign and Saussure's idea of sign, and how Derrida would deconstruct the difference between them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of sign, and how Derrida would deconstruct the difference between them. A "sign" in this can be said to refer to a means of organizing thought and assigning meaning to
it. "Human beings recognize patterns of information and organize them to generate meaning. Collections of these organized patterns form the languages that humans use when they communicate" (Signs and language).
The idea of the sign is a part of "semiotic theory," which "explains the process by which meaning arises during the perception and interpretation of sensory data" (Semiotics). The sign
is one of three "building blocks" that comprise semiotic theory; the other two are object and concept (Signs and language). This is best illustrated by an example. Lets assume
theres a drawing in front of us; it shows us a small, furry mammal with beautiful eyes, long whiskers, perky ears and a tail curled around its paws; a ball
of yarn is at its feet. The data that we gather from what we see leads us to say that the sign for this animal is "cat" (Signs and language).
The "object" in this example is the real-world animal that the picture resembles; also "cat" (Signs and language). The third building block is the idea that forms in our minds
when we look at the drawing; this is the "concept" (Signs and language). These three terms work together to help explain how we assign meaning to things. Saussure used the
term "signifier" instead of "sign" and according to him, a sign does not refer back to its object; instead, "a sign combines a concept and an acoustic image" (Choi).
The term "acoustic" does not refer to an audible sound, but is "an abstract dimension of sign in that it can be only thought of in contrast with concept" (Choi).
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