Sentence examples for effective signifier from inspiring English sources
As "Adagio for Strings," the movement became a powerful, effective signifier of public lament used in state funerals and Hollywood motion pictures alike.
For Halliday (1994), lexical metaphor constitutes a relationship between signifier and signified in which there is one signifier, different signified.
The campaign is all signifier, nothing signified.
The individual-as-signifier strategy is effective in fiction, but the elements of people's lives cannot be constructed with such subtle artistry, and this rich panoply of individuals amounts to neither a coherent theory of humanity nor a perfect description of a complicated period.
i.e., that the signifier is linked to the signified [7].
On the other hand, they may allude to smoking as a signifier as well as something signified.
Glaciers often provide a highly visual signifier of climate change that can be a more effective message than statistics.
Encouraging more effective expression in mission statements is a good thing, but spewing forth a string of meaningless signifiers and buzzwords?
This is a class signifier.
Connectedness is now a crucial social signifier.
