The signifier materiality of language according to Saussure: from sound to sign

Authors

  • Larissa Schmitz Hainzenreder Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2016.1.22213

Keywords:

Sound, Sign, Signifier, Language.The signifier materiality of language according to Saussure, from sound to sign

Abstract

This paper aims at provoking a discussion about the importance of the phonic aspect for the Saussurian theory in order to provide a theoretical and methodological approach that places the signifier materiality in the center of Saussure’s linguistic theory. Acoustic image, vocal figure or ultimately form: in every attempt to define the signifier Saussure seems to find the definition of language itself. We believe therefore that the nature of the signifier is what places the language apart from others semiotic systems, being the “embryo” of the constitution of the speaking subject.

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Author Biography

Larissa Schmitz Hainzenreder, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestranda CNPq do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras na linha de pesquisa Análises textuais, discursivas e enunciativas.

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SAUSSURE, Ferdinand de. Escritos de linguística geral. Trad. Carlos Augusto Leuba Salum e Ana Lucia Franco. São Paulo: Cultrix, 2004.

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Published

2016-04-28

How to Cite

Hainzenreder, L. S. (2016). The signifier materiality of language according to Saussure: from sound to sign. Letrônica, 9(1), 9–19. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2016.1.22213

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2016): Estudos do significado & O romance histórico, ontem e hoje

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Linguistics

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