On the Diversity of Signs in Human Interaction
On the Diversity of Signs in Human Interaction
Author(s): Jack SidnellSubject(s): Semiotics / Semiology, Semiology
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus
Keywords: Diversity of Signs; Interaction; Saussure and Wittgenstein;
Summary/Abstract: Both Saussure and Wittgenstein argue that we must free ourselves from the pervasive and widely held misconception that language is fundamentally a system of names for objects in the world: that it is a nomenclature. However, these two great pioneers of modern language study follow very different paths to reach this conclusion.
Journal: Tartu Semiotics Library
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 363-379
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
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