Tratamiento de la arbitrariedad del signo lingüístico en los humanistas españoles de los siglos de Oro

Authors

  • María Isabel López Martínez
  • Eulalia Hernández Sánchez
Keywords: arbitrariness, linguistic sign, humanism

Abstract

The arbitrariness of the linguistic sign is one of those issues that has led to countless reflections throughout history. Its origin dates back to classical antiquity, as it is present in the well-known controversy that arose in Greece between natural and conventional. Coseriu shows the transmission of the concept ‘arbitrariness of the sign’ from Aristotle to Saussure, lacking, however the reconsideration of this principle given by the Spanish humanists of the Golden Age. Given this epistemological vacuum we have thought it advisable to publish the treatment our humanists of these centuries offered on this principle. Therefore, we believe that this work would bridge the gap that is in Linguistic Historiography treatises.

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López Martínez, M. I., & Hernández Sánchez, E. (2012). Tratamiento de la arbitrariedad del signo lingüístico en los humanistas españoles de los siglos de Oro. Journal of Linguistic Research, 15, 207–222. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/ril/article/view/164641