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On the Arbitrariness of Linguistic Sign: A Brief Commentary on de Saussure’s Argument of Arbitrariness
Canadian Social Science
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On the Arbitrariness of Linguistic Sign: A Brief Commentary on de Saussure’s Argument of Arbitrariness
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| Creator |
ZHOU, Weihong
WANG, Wei |
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Linguistics
Arbitrariness; Linguistic sign; Iconicity — |
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| Description |
Ever since Ferdinand de Saussure pointed out the arbitrary nature of the linguistic sign, some linguists have accepted and agreed to this assertion, others have aired challenging views from the perspective of iconicity. This paper attempts to analyze this question and prove that the linguistic sign is arbitrary, and iconicity is also a characteristic of language. It can complement rather than replace the principle of arbitrariness.
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Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures
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2018-09-26
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article — |
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application/pdf
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http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/10616
10.3968/10616 |
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| Source |
Canadian Social Science; Vol 14, No 9 (2018): Canadian Social Science; 4-9
1923-6697 1712-8056 |
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eng
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http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/10616/10898
http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/downloadSuppFile/10616/476 |
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Copyright (c) 2018 Canadian Social Science
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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