Apr 26, 2024
Meta-signifier and signified
The sign in semiotics consists of the signifier and the signified. A signifier is a tangible thing and the signifier an idea. For example if I say the dove is peace, dove is the signifier and peace the signified.
A meta-signifier consists of two signifiers and an example is: The bird is resting in the nest where bird and nest are meta-signifiers.
A meta-signified consists of two signifieds. An example from Keats is Truth is beauty: beauty truth. Truth and beauty become signifieds.