CMT Week 3 Questionnaire

It is the literal or primary meaning of a word.

It is a cultural or emotional association implied by a word in addition to its primary meaning.

• The primary meaning of ‘home’ is an accomodation or a place where we live.
• But by connocation, also implies comfort, security, family and love for instance.

Red is one part of the colour spectrum and could be associated with love, passion and danger for instance.

There are four kinds of sign.

• arbitrary
• iconic
• indexical
• symbolic

It is a sign determined by chance rather thanby reason.

• A word in English does not necessarily has a ressemblance in another language.
• a song (English)
• ein Lied (German)
• une chanson (French)
• una canzone (Italian)

It is a sign that is similar to what itrepresents.

An iconic sign could be a picture of someone.

It is a sign that you can directly associate with something else.

• Smoke could mean fire.
• Sweat could mean effort.
• Paw print could mean animal.

It is a sign that requires interpretation.

The gender symbols are derived from astrological symbols (mars and venus).

It is a sign that has several meaning.

No, the meaning of a sign can change over time.

The meaning/the word of ‘black’ has known lotsof negative connotations over decades and it has been fought with slogans like« Black is Beautiful ».

Signs get their meaning from cultural or social agreement.