指示符号

• 作者： 张驰 ¹
• 作者单位：
  1.  青岛大学外语学院
• 发布时间：2025-02-17

摘要: “指示符号”是皮尔斯在符号第二种三分法中界定的一个基本类型，指称与其具有直接存在关系的对象。由于能够真实地反映对象，指示符号常被用来考察或验证“物理连接”“真实联系”“时空位置”等实存状态，因而具有指涉实在的功能和探究真理的潜能。伴随数码转型对现实的深刻改变，指示符号的存在基础受到冲击，指称能力受到质询，围绕指示符号的论争也逐渐脱离皮尔斯的符号学语境。本文拟在概 述皮尔斯符号三分法的基础上，阐明指示符号原初的分类依据、意指过程和形式特征，并以数字照片为例，分析指示符号的指义危机，进而指出符号与实在关系的剧变亟需符号学拓展思想资源、更新理论依据。

Abstract: The index is a fundamental type of sign classified by Charles Sanders Peirce in his second trichotomy of signs, characterized by its direct existential relation to the object it denotes. Because it can faithfully reflect the object, the index is often employed to examine and verify the existence of actual facts, such as "real connections," "existential relations," or "spatiotemporal locations." This endows the index with both the function of referring to reality and the potential to uncover truth. However, with the profound changes brought about by digital transformation, the existential basis of the index has been challenged, its referential capacity questioned, and its theoretical discussions have increasingly moved beyond the framework of Peirce’s semiotics. This article first outlines Peirce’s trichotomy of signs to clarify the original classification, semiosis, and principal features of the index. It then takes digital photography as a case study to examine the crisis of signification facing the index and further argues that the radical shifts in the relationship between sign and reality necessitate expanding semiotic intellectual resources and updating its theoretical foundations.

• 分类： 文化学 >> 文化学 外国语言文学 >> 外国文论
• 稿件状态： 已在期刊出版
期刊名称： 《外国文学》 2025年 第1期 “西方文论关键词”专栏
• 引用： PSSXiv:202502.00865 (或此版本 PSSXiv:202502.00865V1)
  DOI:10.16430/j.cnki.fl.2025.01.008
  CSTR:32012.36.PSSXiv202502.00865
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