Semiotics?

Okk.. kind of baffeling to begin with but toward the end i grasped the concept of most of the terms discussed.


Signification / Signified - Is the term used when describing something, for example, 
                    a robin  - is a small bird
                               - it often tends to tweet
                               - they eat worms

Signify - is what you mentally assume about the subject, for example, 
                    a robin - sings in a high pitch
                              - has a nest 
                              - is aggressive 
                              - it has a red chest



Iconic - is how close something is to the real thing, for example a photograph of something is more iconic than a sketch or a scribble of the same thing.

Symbolic - is the opposite the opposite to iconic because it is how far from the real thing a sign is, meaning its uncontrolled,  for example how toddlers toy cars are far from what real cars actually look like.






 Denotation - stand for what a sign actually is, how we see it as a particular thing, for example a cross on the side of an ambulance is just a shape that is coloured red. 

Connotation - is that again the opposite of the above, for example,
                    the cross is a sign of help
                    aid
                    health
                    relief


Myth - is similar to the term signify in the way that its what you assume, its what the majority assume, almost like a stereo type, for example, 

             Frankenstein is dark green coloured - abnormal / alien? something non - human, offensive possibly aggressive
             he has a bolted neck                     - making him robotic, dangerous, heart/soulless
             Talks in a low and unintelligent 
             tone of voice                                - is he stupid, uneducated? not from around here, foreign 
              Is ugly?                                      - physically, been beaten up? has a damaged past, mental dammed? haunted? horror


The last two terms spoken about in the lecture were paradigm and syntagm, however i never really grasped the concept of them but i will hopefully add        this at a later date. 


This particular lecture has proven useful in the way that the almost of the terms will be used in my essay as ways of describing and explaining sources to get the best posible understanding and use out of it.