Sound: [i]
Signifying:
- [i] scalar concept (magnitudinous concept as a phoneme) in, inside
- [-i-] vectorial concept (directionally-relative-to concept as a morpheme) relative to inside
- (material-formally) –
The significance of the vowel [i]
Vowels formed a topological system with early language.
Semiotically to say, vowels (as well as consonants) used to function as iconic significations, that is, as the simplest signs to convey/signify complex concepts/meanings. This complex concept or meaning refers to the topological position of each vowel.
To have some proper picture or understanding of the sound [i] we have to consider it on its topological position:
Now, we can see and check the position of the sound [i] on the attractor model of vowels: