Signification remains homophonically identical: 1) to show that a simultaneous but negated parallel universe exists within the larger white discursive universe 2) to argue that black-white differences are most poignant at the level of meaning (“signification”).Standard English: signification = signifier = conceptīlack vernacular: Signification = rhetorical figures Black vacated their signifier “signification” and substituted as its concept a signified that stands for the system of rhetorical strategies peculiar to their own vernacular tradition.This term existed in black vernacular for 200 years before, at least.Standard English signification: the meaning a term conveys or is intended to convey (Saussure).
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