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Structuralism believes that underlying structures that organize rules and units into meaningful systems are generated by the human mind, not perception. It aims to reduce complexity to universal structures, following thinkers like Aristotle. A structure has three properties: wholeness, transformation, and self-regulation, where the basic structure is not changed. Saussure's theory is that language is a system of signs, where each sign has a signifier (word/sound) and signified (concept). He rejects the idea that language bonds words directly to things.

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Structuralist

Structuralism believes that underlying structures that organize rules and units into meaningful systems are generated by the human mind, not perception. It aims to reduce complexity to universal structures, following thinkers like Aristotle. A structure has three properties: wholeness, transformation, and self-regulation, where the basic structure is not changed. Saussure's theory is that language is a system of signs, where each sign has a signifier (word/sound) and signified (concept). He rejects the idea that language bonds words directly to things.

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Structuralism

 structuralists believe that the


underlying structures which organize
rules and units into meaningful
systems are generated by the human
mind itself and not by sense
perception. Structuralism tries to
reduce the complexity of human
experiences to certain underlying
structures which are universal, an
idea which has its roots in the
classicists like Aristotle who identified
simple structures as forming the basis of
life. A structure can be defined as any
conceptual system that has three
properties: “wholeness” (the system
should function as a whole),
“transformation” (system should not be
static), and “self-regulation (the basic
structure should not be changed).
Ferdinand de
Saussure
 Saussure’s theory is the principle that
language is a system of signs, and that
each sign is composed of two parts: a
signifier (signifiant) (word, or sound-
pattern), and a signified (signifie´)
(concept). In contrast to the tradition
within which he was brought up,
therefore Saussure does not accept that
the essential bond in language is
between word and thing.
Fragmentary
Blue
Robert Frost -
1874-1963
Why make so much of fragmentary blue
In here and there a bird, or butterfly,
Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye,
When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue?
Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as
yet)—
Though some savants make earth include the
sky;
And blue so far above us comes so high,
It only gives our wish for blue a whet.

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