Singapore GCE A-Level H3 Literature In English Practice Questions - Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level H3 Literature In English Examination Exam

In Ferdinand de Saussure's structural linguistics, what constitutes the fundamental unit of the linguistic sign?

A historical etymological root combined with its modern phonetic pronunciation A universal archetype existing independently in the human collective unconscious The arbitrary union of a signifier (sound-image/form) and a signified (concept) The direct, non-arbitrary correspondence between a word and a physical referent in reality

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The arbitrary union of a signifier (sound-image/form) and a signified (concept)

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