It means the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
I found two definitions they both basically mean the same 1.) In the Iron Age; the word "Childe" in feudal times signified the heir of some noble house, 2.) It is an archaic term for a child of noble birth, or a young man of noble birth
A signifier is a term used in semiotics to refer to a sound, word, or image that represents a concept or idea. It is the physical form of a sign that carries meaning in a language system, creating connections between the signifier and the signified.
In linguistics, a signifier is a sound, word, or symbol that conveys a specific meaning. It is the physical form of a sign that points to a particular concept or idea. For example, the word "dog" is a signifier that represents the concept of a four-legged animal.
The word "mean" can be a verb, a noun, or an adjective.
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An example of signifier and signified is the word "dog." The signifier is the spoken/written word "dog," while the signified is the mental concept or image we have of a four-legged domestic animal typically kept as a pet.
Signifier (eg red light) is the word or image acoustique that refers to the signified as content part or information (eg do not proceed past this point)
It means abad virbal & rude word signified to a person you hate or is your enemy
what was the celebration called that signified the end of the war
derrida advocates a third element in signification-- there is the signified, the signifier and the interpretant. In other words, there is no meaning without the interpreter, who reads the signified in the signifier and decides what exactly is being communicated. Furthermore, Derrida, as a deconstructionist, privileges polysemy-- there are many signifieds within one signifier, and these cannot be separated without an inherent violence unto the text. Whereas Saussure finds the link between signified and signifier as arbitrary, Derrida finds it to be too complicated to map onto such a simplistic structure. For example, the Greek word Pharmakon may mean either poison or medicine. It is the interpreter's job (or rather the translator's job) to interpret the word poison or medicine, thereby translating both the Greek word Pharmakon to the English word, and the Greek word poison to the Greek word medicine. It is an interior translation that takes place within the word itself, pharmakon-poison to pharmakon-medicine. This is quite difficult to explain in less than an essay, so you should really read Derrida himself instead of looking for some online study guide.
This usually means that the way you have been writing is grammatically incorrect.
The opening of the Berlin Wall signified the closing of the Cold War.
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The quality or state of being significant., That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression., Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
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The red sparrow symbolizes freedom. In the middle ages, the red sparrow signified the people of the lower to middle class in Europe.
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