LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:11 November 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Concepts of Difference and Differance:
A Comparative Study of Saussure and Derrida

Neha Garg
Shivek Kumar
Vaibhav Sharma

Introduction

Difference and differance are the two important key terms of the post structuralism given by the two prominent philosophers, namely, Ferdinand de Saussure and Jacques Derrida. In order to explain these two terms in a broader way we will try to establish the relations between these two in this paper and will also try to show some differences between them.

In the very first part of this paper we will first explain the two prominent movements, namely, structuralism and post-structuralism which will shape the background of this paper and will also help all of us to understand issues on hand. These two were two different linguistic-philosophic movements started with the prime concern of understanding languages on their own accord.

Structuralism

It was a literary movement primarily concerned with the understanding of how language works as a system of meaning production. In order to answer this question, structuralism turned its attention to form. Focusing on the form or structure of literary work and the particular use of language in the work would allow structuralists to think of language as body of signs.

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Neha Garg, M.Phil.
Department of Linguistics
University of Delhi
Delhi 110007
India
gargnehavns@gmail.com

Shivek Kumar, M.A.
Department of Linguistics
Jawahar Lal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067
India
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Vaibhav Sharma
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi 110068
India
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