The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Letters to Lady Welby’

Quote: 

As we use the term ‘word’ in most cases, saying that ‘the’ is one ‘word’ and ‘an’ is a second ‘word,’ a ‘word’ is a legisign. But when we say of a page in a book, that it has 250 ‘words’ upon it, of which twenty are ‘the’s, the ‘word’ is a sinsign. A sinsign so embodying a legisign, I term a ‘replica’ of the legisign.

Date: 
1904-10-12
References: 
SS 32; CP 8.334
Citation: 
‘Replica’ (pub. 22.09.14-19:18). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-letters-lady-welby-45.
Posted: 
Sep 22, 2014, 19:18 by Mats Bergman