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EPISTÉMÈ Vol.11 pp.21-47
What Is the Immanence in the Reflection of the Saussurean Linguistics and Semiotics?
Key Words : Saussure,semiotics,immanence,transcendence,Spinoza,Hjelmslev,modification,consistency,schema,intelligibility
Abstract
Language falls within immanence or transcendence. It should then prompt philosophers. Considering approaches to the immanent theory of language, the "point of view" is immanent to dispose of any "extra-linguistic reality," following the exclusion of the two "realities" generally taken into account by the "transcendent" approaches. Among many others, Spinoza, in a particularly marked form, gives the example of a reflection on language as far as possible from any immanent perspective. The reverse is true for Hjelmslev: it is probably impossible to implement a more immanent-design language. Compared to these two opposing views, the position of Saussure will be appreciated at its true value. Finally, there is the permanence in the language: language in its permanent essence.