Nearly All Institutions, It Might Be Said,

A Linguistic System Is A Series Of Differences Of Sound Combined With A Series Of Differences Of Ideas...

Any Psychology Of Sign Systems Will Be Part Of Social Psychology - That Is To Say, Will Be Exclusively Social; It Will Involve The Same Psychology As Is Applicable In The Case Of Languages.

The Business, Task Or Object Of The Scientific Study Of Languages Will If Possible Be 1) To Trace The History Of All Known Languages. Naturally This Is Possible Only To A Very Limited Extent And For Very Few Languages.

The Connection Between The Signifier And The Signified Is Arbitrary.

A Language Presupposes That All The Individual Users Possess The Organs.