signifiern.

Brit.

/ˈsɪɡnᵻfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1500s signyfier, 1500s sygnyfyer, 1500s–1600s signifyer, 1500s– signifier.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: signify v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < signify v. + -er suffix¹. In later use in sense 1b (in quots. 1960 and later) after the corresponding specific use of French signifiant signifiant n.²; compare signifiant n.², and also signified n., signifié n. Compare earlier signifiant n.² and later significator n.The following earlier quot. probably represents an isolated borrowing of Middle French signifieur person who or thing which signifies or indicates something (1372; frequent in specific astrological sense ‘significator’ (significator n. 2); compare Middle French segnefieor (adjective) that signifies (14th cent. in an isolated attestation)):1501 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 241 Doughter, the same signyfiour of kynges Entryng the Sagittary and his Triplicitie, To whos coniuncion approximat is Esperous, and Arthure, the signyfiour, as we se, ffor the more parte in the same hous to be.

a. A person who or thing which signifies or indicates something.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign

tokeningc888

fingereOE

senyeOE

markOE

showing?c1225

blossomc1230

signa1325

signifyingc1384

evidencea1393

notea1398

forbysena1400

kenninga1400

knowinga1400

showerc1400

unningc1400

signala1413

signification?a1425

demonstrancec1425

cenyc1440

likelinessc1450

ensign1474

signifure?a1475

outshowinga1500

significativea1500

witter1513

precedent1518

intimation1531

signifier1532

meith1533

monument1536

indicion?1541

likelihood1541

significator1554

manifest1561

show1561

evidency1570

token-teller1574

betokener1587

calendar1590

instance1590

testificate1590

significant1598

crisis1606

index1607

impression1613

denotementa1616

story1620

remark1624

indicium1625

denotation1633

indice1636

signum1643

indiction1653

trace1656

demonstrator1657

indication1660

notationa1661

significatory1660

indicator1666

betrayer1678

demonstration1684

smell1691

wittering1781

notaa1790

blazonry1850

sign vehicle1909

marker1919

rumble1927

the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > significator

signifier1532

significatrix1554

significator1584

consignificator1647

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 383/2 He meaneth y^t..y^e sacrament..is no cause thereof..but only a bare signyfier & a shewer therof.

1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things ii. 40 Whosoeuer falles sicke in that yere wherein there is an Eclipse, and the Signifiers of the sayd Eclipse be in the Ascendent [etc.].

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist 97 It is God who is the signifier vnto vs of things spirituall.

1624 W. Bedel Copies Certaine Lett. xii. 161 If..you finde you haue taken manie nullities for signifying numbers, manie smaller signifiers for greater; correct the totall.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. vii. 143 It hath Muscles, which Platenis terms the signifiers of the Affections of the Mind.

1704 A. L. Let. from Congregational Minister 32 Our Ordainers are not proper signifiers of Christ's having call'd us.

1789 Fanny Vernon 86 Fanny's clothes, folded on a table in the hall were the first things that struck Vernon's sight, on his entrance, and appeared as the signifiers of her death.

1847 A. J. Davis Princ. of Nature ii. 496 The signifier must precede the thing signified, or else there is no signification.

1880 D. M. Bennett Gods & Relig. of Anc. & Mod. Times I. 333 Thor..was the father of Magne and Mode, the signifiers of strength and courage.

1932 L. Saminsky Music of our Day iv. 271 The right hand alone is the legitimate organ of rhythm; the left hand must be considered chiefly a signifier for shading.

1989 J. Updike Just Looking 22 By the etiquette of metropolitan crowding, their persons have been reduced to mere signifiers that the booths are taken.

2004 Independent 28 July 6/1 It was an army of faceless individuals in suits and bowler hats—the universal signifier of the English Civil Servant.

b. Linguistics and Semiotics. The physical form of a sign, such as a sound, written word, or image, as distinct from its meaning. Cf. signified n.In the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) and later theorists of semiotics, the signifier is distinguished both from the signified (the conceptual element of the sign) and the referent (the actual entity referred to by the sign). See sign n. 14.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > unit of meaning > [noun] > sign > physical element of

signifier1868

signifiant1939

signans1953

significans1953

1868 Biblical Repertory & Princeton Rev. Apr. 266 What is the connection between the signifier and the signified,—between the conception and the group of articulations that has come at some time, in some way, to be employed for its expression?

1924 Jrnl. Philos. 21 566 This system gives the sound a significance, i.e., renders the sound a signifier of something.

1960 W. Baskin tr. F. de Saussure Course in Gen. Ling. i. i. 67 The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.

1977 A. Sheridan tr. J. Lacan Écrits iii. 69 The symptom is here the signifier of a signified repressed from the consciousness of the subject.

1991 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 112 397 Derrida..completely divorces the signifier from the signified, claiming that all we have is a free play of signifiers.

2. U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage). A person who boasts, brags, or makes insulting remarks, esp. as part of a verbal contest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > one who

scoffer1470

taunter1552

jeerer1553

giber1563

girder1584

fleerera1627

barracker1889

signifier1956

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boasting scornfully or insultingly > person

insulter1593

signifier1956

1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It xxii. 204 When he bragged like any carnie signifier, then I wondered where and why I was going.

1962 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 75 212 The monkey is a ‘signifier’, and one of the methods he uses for inflaming the lion is to indicate that the elephant has been ‘sounding’ on the lion.

1972 J. Maryland in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 209 The following verbal play is indicative of the type that might be found in any of a number of shine parlors..or street corners where the signifiers can be found congregating each day.

2000 C. D. Lee in C. D. Lee & P. Smagorinsky Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Res. (2003) ix. 210 He is now testifying, a form of signifying in which a respondent praises and reinforces the verbal skill of the signifier.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	signifier
释义	signifiern. Brit. /ˈsɪɡnᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈsɪɡnəˌfaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1500s signyfier, 1500s sygnyfyer, 1500s–1600s signifyer, 1500s– signifier. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: signify v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < signify v. + -er suffix¹. In later use in sense 1b (in quots. 1960 and later) after the corresponding specific use of French signifiant signifiant n.²; compare signifiant n.², and also signified n., signifié n. Compare earlier signifiant n.² and later significator n.The following earlier quot. probably represents an isolated borrowing of Middle French signifieur person who or thing which signifies or indicates something (1372; frequent in specific astrological sense ‘significator’ (significator n. 2); compare Middle French segnefieor (adjective) that signifies (14th cent. in an isolated attestation)):1501 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 241 Doughter, the same signyfiour of kynges Entryng the Sagittary and his Triplicitie, To whos coniuncion approximat is Esperous, and Arthure, the signyfiour, as we se, ffor the more parte in the same hous to be. 1. a. A person who or thing which signifies or indicates something. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > significator signifier1532 significatrix1554 significator1584 consignificator1647 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 383/2 He meaneth y^t..y^e sacrament..is no cause thereof..but only a bare signyfier & a shewer therof. 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things ii. 40 Whosoeuer falles sicke in that yere wherein there is an Eclipse, and the Signifiers of the sayd Eclipse be in the Ascendent [etc.]. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist 97 It is God who is the signifier vnto vs of things spirituall. 1624 W. Bedel Copies Certaine Lett. xii. 161 If..you finde you haue taken manie nullities for signifying numbers, manie smaller signifiers for greater; correct the totall. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. vii. 143 It hath Muscles, which Platenis terms the signifiers of the Affections of the Mind. 1704 A. L. Let. from Congregational Minister 32 Our Ordainers are not proper signifiers of Christ's having call'd us. 1789 Fanny Vernon 86 Fanny's clothes, folded on a table in the hall were the first things that struck Vernon's sight, on his entrance, and appeared as the signifiers of her death. 1847 A. J. Davis Princ. of Nature ii. 496 The signifier must precede the thing signified, or else there is no signification. 1880 D. M. Bennett Gods & Relig. of Anc. & Mod. Times I. 333 Thor..was the father of Magne and Mode, the signifiers of strength and courage. 1932 L. Saminsky Music of our Day iv. 271 The right hand alone is the legitimate organ of rhythm; the left hand must be considered chiefly a signifier for shading. 1989 J. Updike Just Looking 22 By the etiquette of metropolitan crowding, their persons have been reduced to mere signifiers that the booths are taken. 2004 Independent 28 July 6/1 It was an army of faceless individuals in suits and bowler hats—the universal signifier of the English Civil Servant. b. Linguistics and Semiotics. The physical form of a sign, such as a sound, written word, or image, as distinct from its meaning. Cf. signified n.In the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) and later theorists of semiotics, the signifier is distinguished both from the signified (the conceptual element of the sign) and the referent (the actual entity referred to by the sign). See sign n. 14. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > unit of meaning > [noun] > sign > physical element of signifier1868 signifiant1939 signans1953 significans1953 1868 Biblical Repertory & Princeton Rev. Apr. 266 What is the connection between the signifier and the signified,—between the conception and the group of articulations that has come at some time, in some way, to be employed for its expression? 1924 Jrnl. Philos. 21 566 This system gives the sound a significance, i.e., renders the sound a signifier of something. 1960 W. Baskin tr. F. de Saussure Course in Gen. Ling. i. i. 67 The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary. 1977 A. Sheridan tr. J. Lacan Écrits iii. 69 The symptom is here the signifier of a signified repressed from the consciousness of the subject. 1991 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 112 397 Derrida..completely divorces the signifier from the signified, claiming that all we have is a free play of signifiers. 2. U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage). A person who boasts, brags, or makes insulting remarks, esp. as part of a verbal contest. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] > one who scoffer1470 taunter1552 jeerer1553 giber1563 girder1584 fleerera1627 barracker1889 signifier1956 the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boasting scornfully or insultingly > person insulter1593 signifier1956 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It xxii. 204 When he bragged like any carnie signifier, then I wondered where and why I was going. 1962 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 75 212 The monkey is a ‘signifier’, and one of the methods he uses for inflaming the lion is to indicate that the elephant has been ‘sounding’ on the lion. 1972 J. Maryland in T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 209 The following verbal play is indicative of the type that might be found in any of a number of shine parlors..or street corners where the signifiers can be found congregating each day. 2000 C. D. Lee in C. D. Lee & P. Smagorinsky Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Res. (2003) ix. 210 He is now testifying, a form of signifying in which a respondent praises and reinforces the verbal skill of the signifier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1532
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