试论语言和货币的符号性

Linguistic and Monetary Signs

语言符号和货币符号虽然分属于语言学和经济学的两个基本范畴,却又都是适应人类社会交际的需要而产生的,彼此之间有着紧密的联系。同为符号,它们既具有规约性,又具有抽象性和价值的两重性等特征。但是,语言和货币毕竟是两种不同的符号形式,在量与质的方面都存在着差异性。

Linguistic sign and monetary sign are closely related to each other, though found as basic categories in linguistics and economics respectively. Both of them are social facts, serving different communicative demands. On the one hand, as general signs, language and money are characterized by conventionality, abstractness and the double nature of value. On the other hand, as specific signs, they present a number of differences in both quantity and quality. Therefore, it is of great necessity to pay attention to both the similarities and dissimilarities between linguistic and monetary signs.