Barthes inverted Saussure to make linguistics a part of semiotics
Evidence
Barthes inverted this proposition, declaring that linguistic systems were only one element in a much wider field of sign-systems, the science of which was semiotics. Semiotics was the method by means of which the mental and symbolic or signifying systems of a culture could be systematically investigated. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 364
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Connects to the foundational debate in cultural studies over what semiotics encompasses relative to linguistics.
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Broader Connections
- Meaning arises from articulating linguistic systems rather than reflecting the world
#expands(0.70) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 619