Arbitrary Quote by Ferdinand de Saussure Download Open image “The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.” — Ferdinand de Saussure ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arbitrary Connections Inspirational Love Relationships
Meaning is produced not only by the relationship between the signifier and the signified but also, crucially, by the position of the signifiers in… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence. — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
I define a Sign as anything which is so determined by something else, called its Object, and so determines an effect upon a person,… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a… — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
“When you ask for a “sign”, know that the need for a “sign” to avail itself is already a “sign”.” — Unathi Magubeni Copy Share Image
It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point. — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
A sign, or representamen, is something which stands to somebody for something in some respect or capacity. It addresses somebody,that is, creates in the… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols. — Charles Jencks Copy Share Image
Just as all thought, and primarily that of non-signification, signifies something, so there is no art that has no signification. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer. — Pat Brown Copy Share Image
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
The ultimate law of language is, dare we say, that nothing can ever reside in a single term. This is a direct consequence of… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other,… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages.… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Written forms obscure our view of language. They are not so much a garment as a disguise. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth. — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our… — John Ensign Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just… — William Hurt Copy Share Image
I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once you relieve… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
No arbitrary regulation, no act of the legislature, can add anything to the capital of the country; it can only force it into artificial… — John Ramsay McCulloch Copy Share Image
