Difference between revisions of "Referent"
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| + | The real or extra-linguistic object designated by a [[sign]]. | ||
| + | The [[referent]] is to be distinguished from the [[signified]], which is described by [[Saussure]] as a mental image, and not as a material [[object]]. | ||
| + | The relationship between [[sign]] and [[referent]] is one of [[denotation]]. | ||
