Showing posts with label Definitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Definitions. Show all posts

Monday, 15 October 2012

Hegemony: Leadership/A idea of dominance within people
E.g.- One social class over another


Hegemonic: Having hegemony/Having power

Sunday, 14 October 2012

Versimilitude: when something appears to be not true or real
E.g. That book lacked versimilitude

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Definitions

Hegemony: Leadership/A idea of dominance within people
E.g.- One social class over another


Hegemonic: Having hegemony/Having power

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