Sign (linguistics)

In general linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure described a sign as a combination of a concept and a sound-image. A sound image is something mental as it is possible to talk to oneself without actually moving the lips. But normally the sound-images are used to produce an utterance.

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So a sign consists of:

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• a concept - respectively the signified (signifié)
• a sound-image - respectively the signifier (signifiant), or phonological form in generative terms..
 
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