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To mean anything, a signifier must presuppose a signified already-always outside it.
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The arrival by rail of two deflated airships in 1916 signified the base becoming operational.
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Connotative meanings are developed by the community and do not represent the inherent qualities of the thing or concept originally signified as the meaning.
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This signified the end of man's chances of coming back to life.
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A circumspect scholar, he did not deem that similar tales recognizable across countries automatically signified transmission, but allowed that similar tales could arise independently in different cultures.
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The coastal line is signified by an archipelago with some 300 islands and islets, whereof two are nature reserves.
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It is signified by a warm colour scale and a picturesque use of colour.
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The sign is thus the combined association of signifier and signified.
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All three teams signified their intentions to participate as guest teams, paying the league 1.5 million pesos, plus a 500,000 peso-bond.
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The veil was a symbol of death, and its removal in the rite signified the initiate's rebirth.
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