RE-READING FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE: THE LANGUAGE SIGN

RE-READING FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE: THE LANGUAGE SIGN

RELEYENDO A FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE: EL SIGNO LINGÜÍSTICO

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the Saussurean notion of linguistic sign, based on the association between signifier and signified. Such reflection has been enhanced by the discovery of Saussure’s manuscripts in his family home in Geneva in 1996.It is interesting to re-discuss the double conceptualizations as regards the sign. On the one hand, it is considered as a closed unit in the Course of General Linguistics, but the negativity that is at the basis of the relations between signifiers and meanings enables a principle of contextuality that has been emphasized by François Rastier. On the other hand, the linguistic sign is the result of a process of abstraction and decontextualization that cuts it off from its material base. However, prosody, voice and sounds impose themselves and shape the meaning in a communicative situation.

El propósito de este trabajo es volver sobre la noción saussureana de signo lingüístico, fundada en la asociación entre significante y significado, sobre la base del descubrimiento de los manuscritos de Saussure en la casa familiar de Ginebra en 1996. Interesa discutir las dobles conceptualizaciones respecto del signo. Por una parte, es considerado como una unidad cerrada en el Curso de Lingüística General, pero la negatividad que está en la base de las relaciones entre significantes y significados habilita un principio de contextualidad que ha sido puesto de relieve por François Rastier. Por otra parte, el signo lingüístico es el resultado de un proceso de abstracción y descontextualización que lo recorta de su base material. Sin embargo, la prosodia, la voz y los sonidos se imponen y conforman el sentido en una situación comunicativa.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper is to re-examine the Saussurean notion of linguistic sign, based on the association between signifier and signified. Such reflection has been enhanced by the discovery of Saussure’s manuscripts in his family home in Geneva in 1996.It is interesting to re-discuss the double conceptualizations as regards the sign. On the one hand, it is considered as a closed unit in the Course of General Linguistics, but the negativity that is at the basis of the relations between signifiers and meanings enables a principle of contextuality that has been emphasized by François Rastier. On the other hand, the linguistic sign is the result of a process of abstraction and decontextualization that cuts it off from its material base. However, prosody, voice and sounds impose themselves and shape the meaning in a communicative situation.Keywords: Ferdinand de Saussure, language sign, association, contextuality, prosody.

CÁRDENAS, Viviana

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