image and the signified refers to the mental concept. The relationship between the signified and signifier is called signification.
Saussure 1916: 113 stresses that the signifier and signified were as inseparable as the sides of a piece of paper. He also emphasizes the arbitrariness
of the sign. In the context of natural language, he stresses that there is no necessary connection.
2.2.2 Concept of Meaning
According to Hornby 2008: 920, meaning is 1 ―is the things or ideas that somebody wishes to communicate to you by what they say or do‖ 2 ―the thing or
idea that a sound, word, sign, etc. represen ts‖ i.e.:
Utterance Meaning
Turn off the lamp Ordering to turn the lamp off
The denotative meaning of the sentence above is ‗understand what you mean to say‘.
Meaning is the idea that is represented by a word, phrase, etc. Meaning can be defined as a characteristic attributed to signs in a very wide sense of the word,
including not only linguistic expression, such as markings on map, road signs, smoke signals, and the other various signals. Further, meaning of the pictures of
human gestures in mural is the idea of an event that wants to be illustrated by the illustrator.
2.2.3 Concept of Mural
According to Hornby 2010: 972, mural is a painting, usually a large one, done on a wall, sometimes on an outside wall of a building. Some murals usually
consist of images only, and the other consists of images and texts.
2.2.4 Visual Signs
Visual signs of semiotics that analyses the way visual images communicate a message. Visual signs can be a picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate
or accompany something.
2.2.5 Verbal Signs
According to Webster 2011, Verbal is consisting of or using words only and not involving action. In verbal signs, word not only describe thing, also to
communicating feelings, association and attitude they bring ideas to our mind designed to convey the message.
2.3 Theoretical Framework
Theoretical framework can be a guideline of the research. This study is conducted based on Dyadic theory and semiotic theory proposed by Saussure
1916. The theories were applied to analyze signifier and signified of visual and verbal that illustrated in mural. In addition, the supporting theory of semiotics
proposed by Barthes 1964.
