SCIENTIFIC SERIES
“COGNITIVE STUDIES OF LANGUAGE”
Author: V.G. Kuznetsov
Affiliation: Moscow State Linguistic University
Abstract:
The paper is an attempt to make clear the origin of the sign theory of discourse and to pay homage to its founders. It bases on the approach to the discourse as a process of semiosis. The importance and the scientific value of this theory is stressed.
Keywords: sign, discourse, dichotomy of langue and parole, semiotics, seme, functionalism