Saussure's theory has been particularly influential in the study of linguistic signs.
The linguistic sign as type we can call the symbol.
This is a pragmatic matter of achieving meaning by using linguistic signs as evidence.
Moreover, linguistic signs are arbitrary and change only comes with time and not by individual will.
And just as indirect observation in general doesn't need linguistic signs, nor does the special case of communication.
Thus it is the linguistic verbal sign that gives an object its meaning.
These are namely the sound/character of a linguistic sign and its significance (32).
According to Harris (2010), linguistic signs should be understood with non-verbal activities.
This is the linguistic sign, the unit shared by all other subdisciplines of semiotics.
The formation of the linguistic sign is marked by movement, and is not static.