Re: The talking going on in one's head
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 19:13:33 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 10/21/99 11:25:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu writes:
<< Even beyond this, though, there's an important distinction between
what Ss calls "linguistic signs" and other "signs," like flags on
ships (_Cors_, part I). But maybe it's all for naught at this
point...
--
Matt Kozusko >>
It probably is, but if it helps you understand where I'm coming from...
I read Saussere's _Course in General Linguistics_ only to understand what
Derrida was Griping about in _Of Grammatology_. From there I've read bits
and pieces of Levi-Strauss (not the jeans :) ), and some other odds and ends
in semiology. (As an aside, the most disturbing thing about Derrida is that
he can write about Tristes Tropiques and keep a straight face :) ). I used
the word "referent" and I don't think Saussere did...I must have picked it up
from somewhere else...I've also done some reading in Linguistics as it
relates to Biblical hermeneutics.
ANYWAYS, needless to say, the terminology used by people talking linguistics
isn't uniform, and my use of the terms is pretty hodge-podge as a result.
When I was thinking of visual icons as a sign I was thinking more in terms of
Levi-Strauss than Saussere, and that's off the top of my head :)
Jim