What it means - What it means

Japanese: 意味するもの - いみするもの
What it means - What it means

…The functions of these similarity associations and proximity associations and the degree of correlation between them differ between everyday language and poetic language, and can also be related to the type of culture. Saussure considered a word to be a combination of an auditory image and a concept, or between what is meant (signifiant) and what is meant (signifié). This combination is arbitrary, and there is no need to call a desk a desk; it can also be called a desk (English) or a Tisch (German). …

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Japanese:

…これら類似連合と接近連合の各働きと両者の相関のぐあいは,日常言語と詩的言語では異なるし,文化のタイプに関係づけられることもある。 ソシュールは語という記号が聴覚映像と概念,あるいは〈意味するもの(シニフィアンsignifiant)〉と〈意味されるもの(シニフィエsignifié)〉の結合と考えた。この結合の関係は恣意的であり,机を〈机〉と呼ぶべき必然性はなく,desk(英語),Tisch(ドイツ語)とも呼ぶことができる。…

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