瑞士著名语言学家索绪尔在其编写的《普通语言学教程》一书中指出语言符号是能指与所指相连接起来形成的整体,两者缺一不可,可见能指与所指这两个概念的重要性。本文首先对能指与所指的含义、特性以及两者间关系进行阐述,从而为两者在...瑞士著名语言学家索绪尔在其编写的《普通语言学教程》一书中指出语言符号是能指与所指相连接起来形成的整体,两者缺一不可,可见能指与所指这两个概念的重要性。本文首先对能指与所指的含义、特性以及两者间关系进行阐述,从而为两者在不同领域的应用提供了理论依据,之后详细介绍了能指与所指在语言学、符号学、翻译学等方面所起的作用,并涉及广告、文学、语言、文化等多个领域。能指与所指的应用为不同领域的研究提供了全新的观察视角,有利于从表层语言形式上挖掘出其背后的深层内涵,同时这也在一定程度上加深了人们对能指与所指概念的理解与认识。Saussure, a famous Swiss linguist, pointed out in his book The Course of General Linguistics that the signifier and the signified form a whole, and the two are indispensable, which shows the importance of the two concepts. In this paper, the meaning, characteristics and relationship between signifier and signified are expounded first, thus providing theoretical basis for their application in different fields. Then, the role of signifier and signified in linguistics, semiotics and translation studies is introduced in detail, involving many fields, such as advertising, literature, language and culture. The application of signifier and signified provides a new perspective for the study of different fields, which is conducive to digging out the deep connotation behind the surface language forms, and also deepens people’s understanding and cognition of the concepts of signifier and signified to a certain extent.展开更多
文摘瑞士著名语言学家索绪尔在其编写的《普通语言学教程》一书中指出语言符号是能指与所指相连接起来形成的整体,两者缺一不可,可见能指与所指这两个概念的重要性。本文首先对能指与所指的含义、特性以及两者间关系进行阐述,从而为两者在不同领域的应用提供了理论依据,之后详细介绍了能指与所指在语言学、符号学、翻译学等方面所起的作用,并涉及广告、文学、语言、文化等多个领域。能指与所指的应用为不同领域的研究提供了全新的观察视角,有利于从表层语言形式上挖掘出其背后的深层内涵,同时这也在一定程度上加深了人们对能指与所指概念的理解与认识。Saussure, a famous Swiss linguist, pointed out in his book The Course of General Linguistics that the signifier and the signified form a whole, and the two are indispensable, which shows the importance of the two concepts. In this paper, the meaning, characteristics and relationship between signifier and signified are expounded first, thus providing theoretical basis for their application in different fields. Then, the role of signifier and signified in linguistics, semiotics and translation studies is introduced in detail, involving many fields, such as advertising, literature, language and culture. The application of signifier and signified provides a new perspective for the study of different fields, which is conducive to digging out the deep connotation behind the surface language forms, and also deepens people’s understanding and cognition of the concepts of signifier and signified to a certain extent.