Language and Semiotic Studies, vol. 8, n. 1 (2022), ISSN 2751-7160. Special Issue: Ferdinand de Saussure in Contemporary Semiotics. Guest Editors: Bent Sørensen & Torkild Thellefsen.
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In Cours(e) we find, a goldmine of abstract ideas and (research) principles, and, seen from the perspective of the twentieth century, a novel approach to linguistic studies, concerning the distinction between langue and parole, language as a system of signs, the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign, value by difference, associative and syntagmatic axes, and, of course, sémiologie, as a science which studies the life (and laws) of signs in society.
Even though Saussure himself did not further develop any concrete or direct guidelines concerning the study and understanding of other sign systems than language, his abstract ideas and principles have influenced and still do influence, not only linguistic studies, but also fields of study concerning, for example, semiotics.
Therefore, with this volume we not only wish to honour the memory of the great linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, but also to contribute to the advancement of the understanding of his indeed excellent work in relation to semiotics.
The thirteen articles in this special issue on Saussure testify, in very different ways, his relevance for contemporary semiotics; and, the articles are organized into three main groups, namely (1) articles offering a fresh look on Saussurian concepts, such as language system (De Angelis, Danesi, Jungk), sign (Bulea Bronckart), arbitrariness, (Gvoždiak), structure, opposition and markedness (Danesi II), value (Bédouret-Larraburu), and linguistic innovation (Stawaska), (2) articles with a focus on mind, thought processes from the perspective of Saussure (Brandt, Bronckart), and, finally, (3) articles in which Saussurian concepts are applied in order to analyse and understand phenomena such as money (Bankov) and visual communication (Rudloff and Kjærboe, Chandler).
Extrait de l’introduction par Bent Sørensen et Torkild Thellefsen, p. 1-2.
[Contributions de Kristian Bankov, Sandrine Bédouret-Larraburu, Per Aage Brandt, Ecaterina Bulea Bronckart, Jean-Paul Bronckart, Daniel Chandler, Marcel Danesi, Rossana De Angelis, Isabel Victoria Galleguillos Jungk, Vít Gvoždiak, Rasmus Kjærboe, Maja Rudloff, Beata Stawarska]
