A Comparative Study on Signification and Suggestion

The academic paper entitled, “A Comparative Study on Signification and Suggestion” is an attempt to compare and study two key terms in the philosophy of language such as Signification (Sign, Signifier and Signified) and Suggestion (Vyanjana). These two terms are still a subject of research in modern semantics. This comparative study aims at comparing both Eastern and Western schools of philosophy of language to come up with the similarities and individual traits of both schools. To make the study more brief and accurate, this academic study mainly focuses on Saussurean understanding of signs from the Western side and Vyanjana from Sabdhabodha (One of the sources of knowledge of the Nyaya Epistemology) from the East. Both these linguistic philosophies mainly deal with word and their meaning based on structure and context.