鄭宇君

Yu-Chung Cheng

Saussure ； 符號 ； 能指 ； 所指 ； 意義 ； 指意作用

Saussure ； sign ； signifier ； signified ； meaning ； signification

本文將先回顧Saussure的語言學理論，解釋語言系統如何藉由能指與所指的結合完成指意作用。Saussure的語言系統觀點並無法充分解釋今日的新興語言現象，像是網路語言中夾雜著各種無法直接「望文生義」的符號，違反語言的指意目的，逃逸出語言系統之外。本文認為，這些無法望文生義的符號，正是藉由能指的不斷轉換，讓所指一再延遲，如此使用語言符號不單是為了表達意義，更是藉由能指與所指的耍玩，讓說者、聽者分享共同的樂趣。

This article begins with an overview of the premises of the Saussurean linguistics, which postulates that signification rests upon the association between the signifier and the signified. However, this article proceeds to argue that Saussure fails to account for recent linguistic phenomena such as the hybrid language which characterizes communication in the internet. Moreover, Saussure may not have foreseen the tendency to employ language for enjoyment in addition to signification. The rise of the hybrid language points out to the possibility that language could serve both the purpose of enjoyment and signification through the combination, separation and recombination of the signifier and the signified.