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==Signifying Chain===Meaning=====
To [[punctuate]] a [[signifying chain]] is to produce [[meaning]].
Before [[punctuation]], there is simply a [[chain]] of [[discourse]].
It is the [[punctuation|listener]]/[[punctuation|receiver ]] who [[punctuatepunctuates]]s this [[discourse]] and thereby sanctions [[retroactiveretroactively]]ly one particular [[meaning]] of an [[utterance]].
=====Illusion of a Fixed Meaning=====
The [[punctuation]] of the [[signifying chain]] is that which creates the [[illusion]] of a fixed [[meaning]]:
* [[Communication]]
* [[Demand]]
* [[Signification]]
* [[Speech]]
* [[Sessions of variable duration]]
