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Originally Posted by uno
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actually-i got to reading a bit about saussure's linguistic sign quoted in ghostcash rush's post.
here's a summary but i don't see how it applies.
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The essential feature of Saussure's linguistic sign is that, being intrinsically arbitrary, it can be identified only by contrast with coexisting signs of the same nature, which together constitute a structured system
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