单词 | legisign |
释义 | legisignn. Philosophy and Linguistics. Originally in the writings of the U.S. philosopher C. S. Peirce (1839–1914): a word or sign representing a category or universal (‘type’), whose individual occurrences are sinsigns or tokens of the type. Cf. qualisign n., sinsign n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > unit of meaning > [noun] > sign > type legisignc1903 type1908 c1903 C. S. Peirce in Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. ii. 147 A Rhematic Indexical Legisign [e.g. a demonstrative pronoun] is any general type or law..which requires each instance of it to be really affected by its Object in such a manner as merely to draw attention to that Object. a1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. 142 A sign may be termed a Qualisign, a Sinsign, or a Legisign... A Legisign is a law that is a Sign. a1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. ii. ii. 259. 148 The Interpretant of a Rhematic Indexical Legisign represents it as an Iconic Legisign. 1936 Jrnl. Philos. 33 701 C. S. Peirce..called a word as a particular instance a ‘token’ or ‘sinsign’, and a word as a universal or kind a ‘type’ or ‘legisign’. 1966 J. J. Fitzgerald Peirce's Theory of Signs iii. 65 The division into Qualisign, Sinsign, and Legisign, is based on the mode of existence of the sign vehicle, not on any relationship within the triad. 1973 Screen Spring 16 Certain of his [sc. Peirce's] distinctions have been completely absorbed into current usage, as for instance the type and token or legisign and sinsign distinctions. 2007 J. Elkins Photogr. Theory iv. 390 A legisign is a sign that is such by sheer force of law or habit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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