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Tiffin
Language; General language
Tiffin refers to lunch or any light meal. It originated in British India to describe the fusion of Indian tradition and the British practise of having afternoon tea, resulting instead in a light ...
Differance
Language; General language
Derrida coined this term to allude simultaneously to 'difference' and 'deferral'. He deliberately ensured that (in French) the distinction from the word for 'difference' was apparent only in writing. ...
Dominant (or 'hegemonic') code and reading
Language; General language
Within Stuart Hall's framework, this is an ideological code in which the decoder fully shares the text's code and accepts and reproduces the preferred reading (a reading which may not have been the ...
Digital signs
Language; General language
Digital signs involve discrete units such as words and numerals, in contrast to analogical signs. Note, however, that digital technology can transform analogical signs into digital reproductions ...
Discourse
Language; General language
The use of the term discourse by theorists generally reflects an emphasis on parole rather than langue. Many contemporary theorists influenced by Michel Foucault treat language not as a monolithic ...
Displacement
Language; General language
This refers to the power of words to refer to things in their absence. Displacement was identified by Hockett as a key 'design feature' of language.
Diachronic analysis
Language; General language
Diachronic analysis studies change in a phenomenon (such as a code) over time (in contrast to synchronic analysis).
