In the last two decades of his career,Saussure continually tried to clarify the status of signs,considering however that it was an “absurd task” attacking this “odd entity” consisting of the association of two het...
The Saussurian notion of semiology is closely linked to that of institution.In fact,in Saussure’s words,“systems of signs” are “social institutions”.Furthermore,language is conceived as a “special system” in re...