Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:The semantic code in communication deals with character and characterisation.

Statement II:Roland Barthes describes this code as the voice of the person.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Both statements are true, since the semantic code does deal with character and characterisation, and Barthes did describe it as the voice of the person.

Statement 1 is sound because the semantic code gathers the connotations that build character, the traits and qualities attached to a figure in a text.

Statement 2 is sound because Roland Barthes, listing his codes, named this one the voice of the person, tying it to how character is signified.

The two statements agree, one giving the code's function and the other Barthes's own label for it.

Neither claim overreaches, so reading either as false would misstate Barthes's semiotic scheme.

The semic code sits among Barthes's five codes alongside the hermeneutic, proairetic, symbolic and cultural.

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