Associations to the word «Signifier»
Noun
Adjective
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Wiktionary
SIGNIFIER, noun. (linguistics) The sound of spoken word or string of letters on a page that a person recognizes as a sign.
Dictionary definition
SIGNIFIER, noun. The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.