Thursday, 2 October 2008

notes from last lesson

Denotation is the term of the list.

Connotation is what the image means to you.

Signifier is the image that you think of.

Signified is the word.

Semiotics is the study of sign or images.

e.g. a traffic light is the Signifier
the car that stops at the red light is the Signified

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