May 29, 2015 · The two distinctions: signifier/signified sense/reference (sense/meaning as in the original sinn/bedeutung) are not only not the same, they are not even particularly related (other than both …

Mar 23, 2025 · This is all de Saussure who posited that a linguistic sign consists of a signifier (the sound or visual form of a word) and a signified (the concept or meaning it represents).

Oct 1, 2022 · The term “sound-image” seems to suggest a mental image that the signifier evokes, but then the explanations from all sources seem to say that it doesn’t involve image, only words and …

Mar 16, 2020 · In other words, meaning is a mental construct which refers to the signifier (for example, a physical object). Together (and, to Saussure, inseparably), the signifier and the signified constitute a …

3 days ago · Various Portuguese-language dictionaries suggest the noun aldrava (handle) stems from Arabic, translitterated as ár aḍ-ḍabbah. I cannot find the actual word in Arabic, I'm afraid. Any help …

Apr 16, 2022 · I started transcribing some phrases from TV and sometimes there are very short pauses between thoughts when longer phrases are pronounced, like the comma for instance. How can I …

Jan 8, 2020 · The combining breve below means "non-syllabic" - to contrast with the normal idea of vowels as syllabic (form the nucleus of a syllable). Modern linguists tend to notate parts of a …

May 30, 2023 · "Acceptability" is about speaker judgments of utterances, whether they "accept" a stimulus. "Grammaticality" is not about speakers, it is about the abstract grammar that describes a …

Sep 4, 2022 · Just after the 3-minute mark in this video, the chef tells us to give the pot “the o-o-o-ol’ shakuh-shakuh“. I think the pronunciation is in imitation of a stereotypical elderly man. I would like t...

Oct 20, 2020 · Yes. Note that square brackets for phonetics versus slashes for phonemics does not come up very often. In practice, in textbooks, dictionaries, and other sources that are not strictly …