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This article is very short, especially compared to the book which has apparently been written on the subject. A good starting place for expansion might be an example or two, an introduction to the notation used, and how this concept was/is or was/is not used in contemporary and modern linguistic theories. -- Beland 01:21, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Is this the same thing as sign (semiotics)? Ben Standeven 06:48, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
Should there perhaps be a reference to phonaesthesia on this page? Or at least some linkage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.215.122 ( talk) 03:58, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Yes this is a specific Linguistic Concept separate from (but obviously related) to semiotics. In the field of Linguistics the 'arbitrariness of the linguistic sign' or 'Saussurean arbitrariness' are concepts used by researchers such as Noam Chomsky (for example, in his book "The Minimalist Program"). However the field of semiotics (as a whole) rarely gets a mention in any of the theoretical streams of Linguistics. Although it is true that researchers such as Noam Chomsky have argued against Saussure's Structuralist Linguistics as documented in this entry : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_in_General_Linguistics#Arbitrariness , it is still the case that 'Saussurean Arbitrariness' is a fundamental concept that all work in Theoretical Linguistics and Generative Grammar is built on. Discreteinfinity ( talk) 15:27, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
As per my comment above, I propose that Sign (linguistics) should be merged into Sign (semiotics) with subsections describing any discrepancies of usage between the two fields, similar to how Semantics handles usage of the term in various fields. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosguill ( talk • contribs) 19:44, June 18, 2018 (UTC)