%0 Journal Article %J Organon F %D 2012 %T John Searle’s Theory of Sign %A Gvoždiak, Vít %K arbitrariness %K de Saussure Ferdinand %K intentionality %K Peirce Charles S. %K representation %K Searle John %K semiotics %K sign function %X The article attempts to link John Searle’s philosophy and the area that is traditionally called semiotics, to bridge these domains and to demonstrate that they do relate to a shared bunch of problems. A brief discussion about the basic semiotic terms suggests that Searle’s philosophy offers an explanatory framework to key semiotic questions, namely the differentiation of non-signs and signs, the place of intentionality in semiotic description, and the nature of sign correlations. As a consequence, Searle’s theory can be called communication-oriented semiotics, which in the light of classical concepts developed by Peirce and de Saussure can be seen as a non-trivial contribution to the semiotic research. %B Organon F %V 19 %P 148-160 %U http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/prilohy/2012/2/148-160.pdf %9 State %2 Papers %3 148160 %# 1