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Saussure, Structuralism, and Semiotics



Thatoneguyinlitclass

This video is an introduction to Structuralism, specifically focusing on the birth of Semiotics as a result of the work of Ferdinand de Saussure

Edit: In response to comments asking about the relationship between Syntagm and Paradigm: Syntagms (as mentioned in the video) are language “signs” as defined in the video, and a syntagmatic relationship is the process of ordering those signs to make a clear meaning (the example of “the dog barks at the bird” is an example of this). A paradigm refers to other signs that could substitute for one of the syntagms in such a relationship. So, we could substitute the word “car”, “cat”, or “mailman” for “bird” in that sentence and it would still make sense, but we probably couldn’t use the word “cloud” (unless you have a very odd dog) because most dogs don’t bark at clouds. Any sign that can substitute for another is considered to be in a paradigmatic relationship with that other sign. A paradigm is the set of signs that are associated with some other sign that all belong to some category that they all share (in this case, things that dogs will bark at).

I hope that maybe clears up some confusion- sorry for not putting this in the original video! .

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25 thoughts on “Saussure, Structuralism, and Semiotics
  1. no wonder. .. relativity self evident to me b4 the knowledge of…..'it'(?) … less work for… for more play… if structure functionality not impaired in othwer than filLing function communicating …ways such ….

  2. Just took up literature course, and all this was going bonkers! Thankfully, after watching the video, some clarity is dawning upon my mind 🙂 thanks!

  3. Haha, I am in love with your youtubename.. if that is a thing that is possible to be: thatoneguyinlitclass.. haha. Brilliant!
    Ps. very elaborative explanation, you made me realise and grasp the concept of syntagms in a few seconds. Thank you for that.

  4. it was a 6mins video but I spent an entire hour watching it since I was regularly pausing and playing back the vid and taking down notes. This was really helpful and for me everything was clear. THANK YOU SOO MUCH~^^

  5. Thanks a lot sir for this clearly explained conceptual video… It really helped a lot… Please resume making more videos like this.. love n respect from India

  6. Great video!! We need more videos on this because reading those original early texts, You need an expansive working memory to remember what you just read a few words before.

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