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Signifiant/Signifié

Ferdinand de Saussure FR

The signifier is the auditory image or form, while the signified is the conceptual content; together they constitute the sign.

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The signifier is the auditory image or form, while the signified is the conceptual content; together they constitute the sign. Studies show that this internal dual structure enabled Saussure to theorize the relation between form and meaning, later adapted by structuralist and psychoanalytic approaches.