Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 11:30 AM
Site: Plateforme pédagogique de l'Université Sétif2
Course: Introduction to Linguistics 2 ( Second year) (F322)
Glossary: The Principal Glossary
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Signified/SignifierThe signifié (signified) refers to an idea or a concept, and the signifiant (signifier) refers to a form or an acoustic image. |
StructuralismStructuralism is a mode of inquiry that consists in interpreting the phenomena it looks at as made up of relations among the various entities rather than as those entities per se. |
Surface StructureThe surface structure (SS) is the syntactic structure of the sentence which a person speaks or hears: it is theobservable form of the sentence. |
Synchronic ApproachA synchronic approach to language studies investigates the state of language at a particular phase of its development without allusion to its history. Saussure referred to this state as an état de langue. |