Statement I: Deconstruction supports a self-sufficient union of signifier and signified. Statement II: Language is non-referential, referring only to a play of signifiers.
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Correct answer: D. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
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Derrida dissolves Saussure's stable sign: the signified is endlessly deferred in a chain of signifiers (différance).
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