<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article examines the individual and social, practical, and theoretical presumptions (“idols” and “beliefs”) that constitute the conscious and unconscious re-construction of the social reality and reality of different conventional sign systems that represent and are represented by society. It is shown that in everyday life and in theoretical studies, we quite often analyze sign systems as if they were autonomous and empirically “given” realities. The work explains how this “natural belief” originated and developed. It is argued that conventional sign systems cannot be reduced to the reality of material “sign vehicles” because in society, sign systems are both subjective and objective, internal and external, and process and object.</p></abstract>

The article examines the individual and social, practical, and theoretical presumptions (“idols” and “beliefs”) that constitute the conscious and unconscious re-construction of the social reality and reality of different conventional sign systems that represent and are represented by society. It is shown that in everyday life and in theoretical studies, we quite often analyze sign systems as if they were autonomous and empirically “given” realities. The work explains how this “natural belief” originated and developed. It is argued that conventional sign systems cannot be reduced to the reality of material “sign vehicles” because in society, sign systems are both subjective and objective, internal and external, and process and object.

Sign System Studies and Modern Socio-Anthropomorphism

Linguistic Frontiers

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The article examines the individual and social, practical, and theoretical presumptions (“idols” and “beliefs”) that constitute the conscious and unconscious...

Sign System Studies and Modern Socio-Anthropomorphism

Publié en ligne: 04 déc. 2019

Pages: 28 - 31

Reçu: 17 juil. 2019

Accepté: 02 sept. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2018-0015

Mots clés
semiotics, reification, representation, conventional signs, socio-anthropomorphism, institutional facts

© 2019 Anton Vladimirovich Sukhoverkhov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sign System Studies and Modern Socio-Anthropomorphism

Publié en ligne: 04 déc. 2019

Pages: 28 - 31

Reçu: 17 juil. 2019

Accepté: 02 sept. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2018-0015

Mots cléssemiotics, reification, representation, conventional signs, socio-anthropomorphism, institutional facts

© 2019 Anton Vladimirovich Sukhoverkhov, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
semiotics, reification, representation, conventional signs, socio-anthropomorphism, institutional facts