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Linearity is a term used by Ferdinand de Saussure to denote two main characteristics of the signifier - it is part of a chain or sequence, where the presence of one signifier requires its replacement by the previous one. Saussure formulated arbitrariness and linearity...

Linguistic Turn is one of the most important directions in Anglo-American philosophy of the twentieth century when language became both an object of study and a major means of resolving philosophical disputes, or at least some or at least some of them. Professional...

Lisible A French word meaning intelligible or "readable". Roland Barthes used this term to identify a particular type of text, one in which the reader is urged to do nothing but consume the meaning given in advance. Related: Writerly  

We call literal usage a way of using language characterized by adherence to the primary vocabulary meaning of words; Metaphorical (Figurative) Usage is a use of language in which words or expressions go beyond known meanings (metaphor). When used literally, words and...

Literariness is a series of techniques, conventions, and tools that distinguish literal from other uses of language. Identifying these techniques, conventions, and means was one of the key pursuits of Russian formalists.

Locutionary Force is the innate force or meaning of a message, as opposed to its effect on the listener and his status or function as an action. John L. Austin distinguishes the Locutionary force of sentences from their illocutionary and perlocutionary force. If I...

Logic is the study of types or forms of inference. Systematic analysis and evaluation of forms of inference can be traced far back. All the way to Aristotle. In this long history, a huge share of the importance of semiotics also falls. Charles S. Peirce, one of the...

Logical Positivism is an influential philosophical movement from the first half of the twentieth century. The movement was founded around 1920 by a group of philosophers, scientists, and intellectuals in Vienna and is known as the Vienna Circle. At the heart of...

Logocentrism is the orientation of those who privilege logos, identity, self-identity, and presence over dynamics (power or might), diversity, and traces. Logocentrism is considered to be the dominant node or achievement of Western thinking and, more generally, of...

Logos is a Greek word with many meanings, the most basic of which are: Word Argument Discourse Language Reason To get an idea and understand the meaning of this term, the opening sentence of the Gospel of John "In the beginning was the Word (Logos) and the Word became...