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The term '[[signifying chain]]' ([[French]]:''[[chaîne signifiante]]'', ''[[chaîne du signifiant]]'') is introduced by [[Jacques Lacan]] in 1957 to describe a network of [[signifiers]] (which are linked together) which constitute the [[symbolic]] [[order]].
The term '[[signifying chain]]' ([[French]]:''chaîne signifiante'', ''chaîne du signifiant'') is used by [[Jacques Lacan]] compared to describe the [[symbolic]] [[order]]"rings of a necklace that is a ring in another necklace made of rings."<ref>{{E}} p.153</ref>
A [[signifying chain]] is never complete, because it is always possible to add another [[signifier]] to it, ''ad infinitum''.
[[Signification]] is not present at any one point in the [[chain]], but rather [[meaning]] 'insists' in the movement from one [[signifier]] to another.<ref>{{E}} p.153</ref>
==Miscellaneous==
The [[signifying chain]] is the stream of [[speech]], in which [[signifier]]s are combined in accordance with the [[law]]s of grammar.
The [[signifying chain]], in its [[diachronic]] dimension is [[syntagmatic]] and [[metonymic]], in its [[synchronic]] dimension, it is associative and [[metaphor]]ic.
== See Also==
* [[Symbolism]]
* [[Letter]]
* [[Metaphor]]
* [[Metonymy]]
* [[Diachrony]]
* [[Synchrony]]
* [[Meaning]]
==References==
[[Category:Language]]
[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
[[Category:Linguistic theory]]
[[Category:Linguistics]]
[[Category:Symbolic]]