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Signified and Signifier: The Tyranny of the Signifier
Original title: シニフィエとシニフィアン、シニフィアンの専制
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The signified is the object itself expressed by a word, while the signifier is the word's expression. For example, for the signified “arm,” the object itself being expressed, the written Japanese word “ude” and the spoken sound “ude” are signifiers. In English, the written word “arm” and the spoken sound “arm” correspond to these.
シニフィエとは語によって表現される対象そのもの、シニフィアンは語の持つ表現です。 たとえば、表現される対象そのもの「腕」シニフィエに対して、「腕（という文字）」「うで（という音）」がシニフィアンです。 英語では、「arm（という文字）」「アーム（という音）」が対応します。
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