Tuesday 25 September 2012

Definitions

Iconic: These signifiers always resemble what they signify
Indexical: These signifiers act as evidence e.g- the amount of sweat you produce represents your effort
Symbolic: Visual signs that represent something in a non-literal way
Polysemic: Signs and images which may have several meanings
Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special

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