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Post to Discussion Board: Week 2 – Building/Tearing Down the Structure
- Changing Signs of Truth (Downing, 2012)
- Preface: Preface to the Problem
- Introduction: Introduction to the Solution
- Chapter 4: Under Signs
- Chapter 6: Signs of Deconstruction
In Chapter 4 of Changing Signs of Truth, Downing (2012) wrote:
Saussure, as we have seen, believed that under signs was a system of differences (
langue) that controls each speech act (
parole). In fact, he asserted that ‘in language there are only differences… The idea or the phonic substance that a sign contains is of less importance than the other signs that surround it.’ (p. 114)
In four to five paragraphs, respond to the following:
- Provide a definition of the terms sign, langue, parole, signifier, signified, and structuralism.
- How is meaning achieved for the structuralist?
- What is deconstructionism, and how does it relate to structuralism?
- How is meaning achieved for the deconstructionist?
Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research.