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14 Cards in this Set
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ex nihilo
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From nothing
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mnemonic
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most obvious function of writing-to record so info can be looked back on
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Distancing function
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A written document is detached from the person who produced it as well
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reifying function
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Written messages make language seem concrete: stable, tangible, and
depersonalized. |
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aesthetic function
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Some literary genres probably couldn’t exist without writing
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Semiotics
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The general study of signs
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Signifier
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linguistic form(pronunciation
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Signified
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meaning
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Icon
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When a sign involves a signifier that resembles the signified in some way
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Index
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When a sign involves a signifier that is directly connected to its signified
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Symbol
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When a sign involves a signifier that is connected to its signified only by convention
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Natural
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the connection between the signifier and the signified in icons and indexes
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Conventional
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The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary in the case of symbols
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onomatoboeic
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words(like whoosh and meow) that are iconic, since the signifiers sound like the signifieds
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