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PREFACE
‘realist’ (by which I mean an epistemological realist), but he can
also be labelled a ‘conceptual idealist’ (Sebeok 1994a, 14–15; cf.
Merrell 1997, Chapter 4, on Peirce’s ‘objective idealism’).
In quoting from the text of Saussure’s Course in General
Linguistics, the translation used is that of Roy Harris (Saussure
1983), although, following the practice of John Sturrock in using
this translation (Sturrock 1986, 31, 32), I have retained the terms
‘signifier’ and ‘signified’ rather than use Harris’s translation of
signifiant as ‘signal’ and signifié as ‘signification’. Citations from
Peirce’s Collected Papers (Peirce 1931–58) follow the standard practice
of listing the volume number and section number thus: (2.227).
Wherever I include quotations within the current text it may be
assumed that any italicization was that of the original author except
where I add the note – ‘my emphasis’.
A Korean translation of the first edition of this book is currently
in progress. If there is a demand for translations into other languages,
please approach my British publishers.
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