Deconstructive CT

a basic element of communication (signifier +signified)

sound, image, gesture, etc.

concept to which the signifier refers

the only “meaning” language can have

stretching language to fit new modes of thinking

writing words and then crossing them out to indicate the usage of a old word in a new way

systems of belief and values

polar opposites

places at the center of its understanding of the world a concept that organizes and explains the world for us while remaining outside of the world it organizes and explains

the language of each individual vantage points