Structuralism (Noun)
Meaning 1
An anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Synonyms
Meaning 3
Linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The linguist applied structuralism to deconstruct the pattern of clauses in the sentence, revealing the underlying relationships between the clauses.
- In the 1950s and 1960s, the rise of structuralism in linguistics led to a greater emphasis on the study of language as a system.
- The theory of structuralism was influential in the development of modern linguistics, as it shifted the focus from historical and comparative studies to the analysis of language as a set of interacting components.
- The structuralist approach to language focuses on how words combine to create meaning, examining the relationships between the elements of a sentence to understand its overall structure.
- Through the lens of structuralism, linguists can identify and analyze the recurrent patterns and relationships that underlie the organization of language.