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    Ferdinand de Saussure argues that language is a system of signs composed of a signifier (sound-image) and signified (concept). The relationship between the signifier and signified is arbitrary and based on linguistic convention rather than a natural bond. A sign is the basic unit of any language and the combination of signifier and signified form a psychological entity in the mind.

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    Ferdinand de Saussure argues that language is a system of signs composed of a signifier (sound-image) and signified (concept). The relationship between the signifier and signified is arbitrary and based on linguistic convention rather than a natural bond. A sign is the basic unit of any language and the combination of signifier and signified form a psychological entity in the mind.

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    Ferdinand de Saussure argues that language is a system of signs composed of a signifier (sound-image) and signified (concept). The relationship between the signifier and signified is arbitrary and based on linguistic convention rather than a natural bond. A sign is the basic unit of any language and the combination of signifier and signified form a psychological entity in the mind.

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    Saussure, Ferdinand. “Nature of the Linguistic Sign.

    ” In The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contem-


    porary Trends. David H. Richter, Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 1998. 832-835.

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