Arbitrariness and Rationality  

作　　者：Vít Gvozdiak 

机构地区：[1]The Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences Prague,Czech Republic

出　　处：《Language and Semiotic Studies》2022年第1期45-54,共10页语言与符号学研究（英文）

摘　　要：The arbitrariness of the linguistic sign is a key semiological concept.Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics presented it,particularly in the context of the opposition between absolute and relative arbitrariness,as an irrational principle.The paper is an attempt to answer the questions of how exactly the differentiation between absolute and relative arbitrariness in Saussurean semiology relates to the systemic nature of language,what constitutes the irrationality of arbitrariness,and what could be considered its rational counterpart.

关 键 词：SEMIOLOGY linguistic sign Ferdinand de Saussure CONVENTION MOTIVATION 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]