The hierarchy between two elements in binary opposition

Art or words are connected to actual things in the universe

The rules that comprise a language

Study of sound changes in a word or a particular language

Conceptual oppositions in which western metaphysics is based

A style with dry language and few verbal emotions

Arriving to the meaning through linguistic signs/symbols

The conceptual thing being referenced by a word or symbol

The question that renders objective understanding impossible

20th century French philosopher who made Poststructuralism

Belief that there is an ultimate reality or center of truth

Language is only made meaningful through its differences

Metaphysics of Presence

Ideas that ascribe a base meaning to all text

The smallest distinct and significant sounds in a language

Transcendental signified

The ultimate signified or center of meaning (God, Love, etc)

An individual’s actual speech utterances

Synonym for Deconstructionism, Synonym for Postmodernism

The concept that there is no objective reality.

The actual word or symbol referencing something else

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Supplement
The reference of another text through the use of a symbol
The hierarchy between two elements in binary opposition
The contrast between two texts of different periods
The addition of an unnecessary word as a literary choice
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Mimetic Theory
Art or words are connected to actual things in the universe
Each word has an equal and opposing opposite
The hierarchy between two elements in binary opposition
Literature is comprised of highs and lows
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Langue
The specific sounds in a word
The german word for language
The rules that comprise a language
The aspects of a spoken tongue
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Phonology
Study of sound changes in a word or a particular language
Study of the demographics of a language's speakers
Study of the roots and origins of a word
Study of the equivalencies in written word
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Binary operations
Conceptual oppositions in which western metaphysics is based
The use of symbols in literature to reference a quantity
The hierarchy of opposites in literature
The rules that make up a language
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Modernism
A style with dry language and few verbal emotions
A style with loose structure and descriptive language
A style with detailed description of beauty and surroundings
A style with detailed description of emotions
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Signification
Connecting spoken word to it's written connotation
Arriving to the meaning through linguistic signs/symbols
The use of sign language to convey thoughts or feelings
Using symbols alone to convey a signified
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Signified
The conceptual thing being referenced by a word or symbol
Individual speech utterances
The actual word or symbol referencing something else
A basic conceptual opposition
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Différance
Just, like, the difference between two things
A french term for contrasting time periods between two texts
Distinguishing a signifier from similar signifieds
The question that renders objective understanding impossible
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Jacques Derrida
19th century Russian philosopher who made Structuralism
18th century French philosopher who made Deconstructionism
19th century French philosopher who made Modernism
20th century French philosopher who made Poststructuralism
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Logocentrism
Synonymous with deconstructionism
Belief that there is an ultimate reality or center of truth
Belief that all literature surrounds god
How we arrive at the meaning through signs or symbols
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Arche-writing
How words develop and change throughout time
The hierarchy of binary oppositions
The study of story or character arcs in a text
Language is only made meaningful through its differences
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Metaphysics of Presence
Ideas that ascribe a base meaning to all text
Synonymous with philology
Branch of philosophy dealing with the principles of life
Language is only made meaningful through its differences
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Phonemes
Types of objective metaphysical phiolosophies
The smallest distinct and significant sounds in a language
Conceptual oppositions in which western metaphysics is based
The conceptual thing being referenced by a signifier
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Transcendental signified
Any signified pertaining to an elevated state of being
When mimetics is used properly and leads to enlightenment
The ultimate signified or center of meaning (God, Love, etc)
When Derrida was on a wild acid trip
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Parole
Basic units or building blocks of language
The rules of a language
The release of a prisoner
An individual’s actual speech utterances
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Postructuralism
Synonym for Logocentrism
Synonym for Deconstructionism
Synonym for Modernism
Synonym for Postmodernism
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Deconstruction
The deconstruction of the signifier from the signified
The concept that there is no objective reality.
When you really tear shit up
The breakdown of language to its basic elements.
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Signifier
The ultimate reality or center of truth to literature
The conceptual thing being referenced by a word or symbol
The actual word or symbol referencing something else
Question that make ultimate textual understanding impossible

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