A mistake in Saussure's theory
The prominent Swiss linguist, Ferdinand Saussure once wrote, “A language and its written form constitute two separate systems of signs. The sole reason for the existence of the latter is to represent the former.”
I think the reverse is also true. Saussure did not tell us homophones in the latter represent what in the former. Neither did he tell us uppercase and lowercase letters in the latter represent what in the former.
In fact, languages are a forms of thinking. Speaking is a voice form of thinking. Writing is a written form of thinking. Sign language is a physical form of thinking. They all represent thinking.
Because we, as hearing people, use both speaking and writing, we thought writing correlated to speaking. Perhaps deaf people may think writing correlates to sign language. Therefore, I believe that Saussure's theory may be in incorrect.
索绪尔理论中的错误
著名的瑞士语言学家费迪南德·索绪尔曾写道：“一种语言及其书面形式构成了两个独立的符号体系。 后者存在的唯一原因是代表前者。”
我认为反过来也说得通。 索绪尔既没有告诉我们，后者中的同音词代表了前者的什么。 他也没有告诉我们，后者中的大写和小写的字母代表了前者的什么。
事实上，语言是思维的形式。说话是思维的声音形式。 文章是思维的书写形式。 手语是思维的身体动作形式。 这些形式都代表思维。
