Structuralism holds that a word is a sign, and the sign is split into two parts: the signifier and the signified. Saussure holds that these are like the recto and verso sides of a piece of paper; we cannot separate them. Nevertheless we can split the sign into two parts: the signifier is the sound image or the marks on the page. For instance, if we write the word “sign”, we can see that ‘sign' here as marks on the page. It gives rise to a concept or a psychological impression called the signified, and the process is called “signification.” This is how ‘sign' is understood in structuralism from the language point of view and meaning emanates from the association of sound image and concept.