Roland Barthes was born in Cherbough, Manche. His father died in a naval battle in Barthes' infancy, forcing his mother to move to Bayonne. Barthes spent his early childhood there, until they moved to Paris in 1924 where he attended the Lycée Montagne, followed by studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand from 1930-34. Life became difficult for them when Barthes mother had an illegitimate child, for their grandparents refused to give her financial aid, and so she took work as a bookbinder. Barthes was able to continue his studies at the Sorbonne, in classical letters, grammar and philology (receiving a degrees in 1939 and 1943 respectively), and Greek tragedy.
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Language and Speech by Barthes
Barthes describes language as a social institution and system of values with its own rules; he made a relation between a sign and a value to explain the definition of sign which is an amount of goods that can be greater or lesser. He also said that a system and a social institution are connected because a language is a system of values so it resists human or individual modifications therefore becomes social institution.
Speech or discourse is when subjects express his point of view by the language, is essentially an individual act of selection and actualization.
Language and speech are related, the language is important for speech is understood and speech is required so that the language is set. The language is more general, of a society, while speech is more individual, is personal.
Signified and Signifier
Barthes describes the signified as a mental representation of the “thing” a mental image, he talks about a “phantasia logiki” that is the mental representation it means not a real thing , it is what gives the idea; it can be seen for example by means of an image. Example: tree, is as you imagined it, with leaves or leafless.
In the case of the signifier he refer to ir as a relatum whose definition cannot be separated from the signified, it can be an image, sound, object, etc… It is the material form, for example, can be given to a linguistic sign, for example: tree, we can found it in the dictionary.
SYNTAGM AND SYSTEM
Syntagm: is a group of words that come together to give a single meaning to a sentence, for example, my father is professor.
System: a set of signs that relate to each other, and if these change, changing others, for example, the verbal system.
DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION
Denotation: When the language issues information, for example, Joel studied medicine.
Connotation: the word or the phrase has double meaning, for example, Joseph is a bear.
Barthes also proposes:
Within Semiologic prospects appear some problems, as the origin of different signifyings systems or extension of language and speech.
Another problem could be the relationship that can be between language and speech, corresponded in any system.
THE SIGN
Means: signal, icon, index and symbol. Where is the signal immediate and existential, while the index is to the contrary. In the symbol of the representation is analog and inadequate and the semiological sign their relationship is unjustified and accurate and its origin is utilitarian and functional.
THE SIGNIFICATION
It is the process where joins the signifier and the signified and the product is the sign, where the sign is not arbitrary, but motivated when there is relationship between meaning and meaningful and is analogue.
VALUE
It is related to the language, its result is the psychologise linguistics and bring it closer to the economy, proposes the example of work and reward, a signifier and a meaning (calling this signification). Also is a our perspective about a sign or something.
tomado de: http://www.egs.edu/library/roland-barthes/biography/
Language and Speech by Barthes
Barthes describes language as a social institution and system of values with its own rules; he made a relation between a sign and a value to explain the definition of sign which is an amount of goods that can be greater or lesser. He also said that a system and a social institution are connected because a language is a system of values so it resists human or individual modifications therefore becomes social institution.
Speech or discourse is when subjects express his point of view by the language, is essentially an individual act of selection and actualization.
Language and speech are related, the language is important for speech is understood and speech is required so that the language is set. The language is more general, of a society, while speech is more individual, is personal.
Signified and Signifier
Barthes describes the signified as a mental representation of the “thing” a mental image, he talks about a “phantasia logiki” that is the mental representation it means not a real thing , it is what gives the idea; it can be seen for example by means of an image. Example: tree, is as you imagined it, with leaves or leafless.
In the case of the signifier he refer to ir as a relatum whose definition cannot be separated from the signified, it can be an image, sound, object, etc… It is the material form, for example, can be given to a linguistic sign, for example: tree, we can found it in the dictionary.
SYNTAGM AND SYSTEM
Syntagm: is a group of words that come together to give a single meaning to a sentence, for example, my father is professor.
System: a set of signs that relate to each other, and if these change, changing others, for example, the verbal system.
DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION
Denotation: When the language issues information, for example, Joel studied medicine.
Connotation: the word or the phrase has double meaning, for example, Joseph is a bear.
Barthes also proposes:
Within Semiologic prospects appear some problems, as the origin of different signifyings systems or extension of language and speech.
Another problem could be the relationship that can be between language and speech, corresponded in any system.
THE SIGN
Means: signal, icon, index and symbol. Where is the signal immediate and existential, while the index is to the contrary. In the symbol of the representation is analog and inadequate and the semiological sign their relationship is unjustified and accurate and its origin is utilitarian and functional.
THE SIGNIFICATION
It is the process where joins the signifier and the signified and the product is the sign, where the sign is not arbitrary, but motivated when there is relationship between meaning and meaningful and is analogue.
VALUE
It is related to the language, its result is the psychologise linguistics and bring it closer to the economy, proposes the example of work and reward, a signifier and a meaning (calling this signification). Also is a our perspective about a sign or something.
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