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intention but a ‘model reader’ whose reading could be justified
in terms of the text. See also addresser and addressee, modes
of address, preferred reading, subject.
imaginary signifier This term was used by Christian Metz to refer
to the cinematic signifier. The term is used in more than one
sense. The cinematic signifier is ‘imaginary’ by virtue of an
apparent perceptual transparency which suggests the unmediated
presence of its absent signified – a feature widely regarded
as the key to the power of cinema. The term is also related to
Lacan’s term, ‘the Imaginary’ – the cinematic signifier is theorized
as inducing identifications similar to those of ‘the mirror
stage’.
indexical A mode in which the signifier is not purely arbitrary but
is directly connected in some way (physically or causally) to
the signified – this link can be observed or inferred (e.g. fingerprint).
See also iconic, symbolic.
interpellation Interpellation is Althusser’s term to describe a mechanism
whereby the human subject is ‘constituted’ (constructed)
by pre-given structures or texts (a structuralist stance). See also
subject.
interpretant In Peirce’s model of the sign, the interpretant is not
an interpreter but rather the sense made of the sign. See also
unlimited semiosis.
interpretive community Those who share the same codes are
members of the same ‘interpretive community’. Linguists tend
to use the logocentric term, ‘discourse community’. Individuals
belong simultaneously to several interpretive communities. See
also code, signifying practices.
intertextuality Intertextuality refers to the various links in form and
content which bind a text to other texts. See also bricolage,
intratextuality.
intratextuality While the term intertextuality would normally be
used to refer to links to other texts, a related kind of link is
what might be called ‘intratextuality’ – involving internal relations
within the text. See also anchorage, intertextuality.
irony Irony is a rhetorical trope. It is a kind of double-coded sign
in which the ‘literal sign’ combines with another sign to signify