For a long time philosophers and linguists, have investigated the concepts of signifier and signified. At the beginning of the twentieth century, linguistic studies in general and the concepts of signifier and signified in particular, have developed noticeably. Although in our tradition the question of language has been the focus of attention but the linguistic aspects of this human phenomenon have been ignored. We found Nasser khosrow as one of the few scholars and thinkers who has tried to find the nature of the relationship between signifier and signified through examining it from the linguistic point of view .He selects Nam and Namdar for signifier and signified attributing them the conventional nature .In this article with revision of saussure’s view and notion on signifier and signified, we examined whether Nasser Khosrow’s vision in this area can be held in modern linguistic studies?.    

Keywords: Nasser Khosrow, signifier, signified, Nam, Namdar

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