signatumn.
/sɪɡˈnɑːtəm/, U.S. /sɪɡˈnɑdəm/ Chiefly Linguistics and Semiotics.
That which is indicated or designated by something. In later use: spec. = signified n. b. Cf. signans n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > meaning or signification > [noun]
significationa1398
signatum1666
significatum1684
signifié1939
signified1939
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 237 Not only the Signum, but the Signatum; not the Hieroglyphick only, but the part thereby deciphered.
1864 Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 10 475 The Irishman might reply;—‘True for you, your honour! but what will I be the better of that? Sure its the signatum I'm wanting, and the vagums are of no use at all at all.’
1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. 27 151 Then arises the relation of configuratio between the signum (here the statue) and the signatum.
1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form 29 Multiple oppositions, rare or unknown in the signans, are normal in the signatum.
1962 R. Jakobson Sel. Writings I. 658 This criticism has been repeatedly mistaken for an attempt to withdraw the signatum from the scope of any phonemic analysis.
1994 R. Bradford Roman Jakobson i. 71 The foregrounding of the signans in non-poetic discourse..is reified by the governing imperatives of the prelinguistic context or perceived intention of the text—the signata.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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