tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453007112382064846.post3493105651988701171..comments2023-03-31T09:00:51.058-07:00Comments on Lit Theory & Criticism: The Signifier and the Signified: Language as a System of SignsMarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672062973007175916noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453007112382064846.post-88983217377508811642012-03-20T13:07:00.118-07:002012-03-20T13:07:00.118-07:00Very well written and great job expressing the ide...Very well written and great job expressing the ideas of the signifier and the signified. I agree with Keblogging, could the word possibly change in meaning in the next few years because it has happened quite frequently in history?Tanner Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317097703710146542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453007112382064846.post-56971016735586367762012-03-09T07:50:34.649-08:002012-03-09T07:50:34.649-08:00Great blog! I liked your discussion about whether ...Great blog! I liked your discussion about whether it is possible for the meaning of a signifier (or the "signified") to change. I agree with you that this is possible, and has in fact happened before, but it would take a long time and a large group of people to actually get the 'movement' started. I also thought it was interesting when the woman in this video brought up the point that there did not seem to be a certain starting point or history for the vulgar/bad connotations of the word. How, then, did people originally decided that this word would be used in such ways? Could we tie this in to the idea that we tend to use language to define things by what they are not?LBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670638916022941712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453007112382064846.post-68728878575640146472012-02-27T12:54:07.144-08:002012-02-27T12:54:07.144-08:00I think you did a great job with this blog. I was...I think you did a great job with this blog. I was in the same reading group, and I liked how you tied it into literary theory. Although I agree it would be hard to change the signified, isn't there a more than theoretical chance that the word "reclaimed"? If a word that once did not have a negative connotation changes to have one, isn't it also possible for it to change back? I'm reminded of how rappers use the "N word" as positive word among eachother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453007112382064846.post-43243328913765114042012-02-23T15:05:44.512-08:002012-02-23T15:05:44.512-08:00No I don't think one can, which is why I said ...No I don't think one can, which is why I said Eve could only theoretically change the signified. Before that could happen the majority of people would need to accept the new signified and use it as such.Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02672062973007175916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453007112382064846.post-68594507601757961872012-02-23T14:38:09.867-08:002012-02-23T14:38:09.867-08:00I completely agree with what you said here in this...I completely agree with what you said here in this about changing the signified of a signifier, but I just have one question: can one really change the signified of a word such as "cunt" on their own? Because it seems like a whole entire culture would have to change its views on the meaning and connotation behind a word in order to do so, and reclaim a word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com