Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
Contemporary poetry ... tries to transform the sign back into meaning: its ideal, ultimately, would be to reach not the meaning of… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“The fateful law of human semiotics is this: that of all the objects in the entire Cosmos which the sign-user can apprehend… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
Language is a signifier - it points to something. But those somethings change sometimes. Where the line comes down is that change… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image