On the compound an ascetic lifestyle took hold, with sex even among married couples discouraged and communication limited largely to a system of sign language in which they were instructed, the relatives said.
Thus, just as words take on meaning according to their position in a differential system of language, so sign values take on meaning according to their place in a differential system of prestige and status.
It provides for a hierarchical system of language independent symbols for the classification of patents and utility models according to the different areas of technology to which they pertain [38].
What's fascinating about these types of performances, besides how entrancing they are, is that they represent a new system of language built entirely on noise and visual phenomena that gives way to real interpersonal communication.
Those who act without compassion can draw upon a system of thought and language whose purpose is to shield them – and blind us – to the consequences.
The aim of logical syntax is to provide a system of concepts, a language, by the help of which the results of logical analysis will be exactly formulable.
When described as a system of symbolic communication, language is traditionally seen as consisting of three parts: signs, meanings, and a code connecting signs with their meanings.
Because at its functional level all language is a system of differences, says Derrida, all language, even when spoken, is writing, and this truth is suppressed when meaning is taken as an origin, present and complete unto itself.
The resonance of context and metafunction is a good indication of how eventually what happens as part of speaking (parole) might end up as a feature of the system of language (langue).
As Noah Webster, the compiler of the first American dictionary, put it: "as an independent nation, our honor [sic] requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government".
