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This is the stance that the pre-given structure of some signifying system - such as language or any kind of textual system - determines the subjectivity (or at least behaviour) of individuals who ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

A term from sociolinguistics referring to the distinctive ways in which language is used by members of a particular social group. In semiotic terms can refer more broadly to subcodes shared by ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Whilst some semioticians have retained a structuralist concern with formal systems (mainly focusing on detailed studies of narrative, film and television editing and so on), many have become more ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Social determinism is a stance which asserts the primacy of social and political factors rather than the autonomous influence of the medium (whether this is language or a technology). Social ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Whilst all semiotic codes are in a broad sense social codes, social codes can also be seen as forming a major sub-group of codes, alongside textual codes and interpretative codes. Social codes in ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

Semiotic codes have either single articulation, double articulation or no articulation. Codes with single articulation have either first articulation or second articulation only. Codes with first ...

Domain: Language; Category: General language

This was Baudrillard's term (borrowed from Plato); 'simulacra' are 'copies without originals' - the main form in which we encounter texts in postmodern culture.

Domain: Language; Category: General language

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