The relationship between the signified and signifier is at random and in differentia as well.

能指与所指的关系是任意的、差异的，这种关系的本质决定了它们指向的同时又相互消解；

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The ambiguity of language, a trait in its nature, refers to the semantic inaccuracy and flexibility of language and the fluid signified and signifier in speech.

语言的模糊性是指 语言语义的不精确性、灵活性及其言语的能指与所指的不固定性，是 语言的一种 固有的特性。

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So that what's new in Saussure's thinking about the relationship between signified and signifier is that the sign tied up in this relationship is both arbitrary and differential.

这就是索绪尔所贡献的了，能指和所指的关系，也就是符号的组成方式，是任意的，有差别的。

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So that what's new in Saussure's thinking about the relationship between signified and signifier is that the sign tied up in this relationship is both arbitrary and differential.

这就是索绪尔所贡献的了,能指和所指的关系,也就是符号的组成方式,是任意的，有差别的。

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The concept he calls a "signified" and the sound image he calls a "signifier."

事物被称为所指,声音形象被称为能指“

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He says: he signification "sign" has always been comprehended and determined, in its sense, as sign-of, signifier referring to a signified, signifier different from its signified.

他说，“符号“的意义“,总是被理解和决定的，在符号这个意义上，能指指向所指，能指与它的所指不同。

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