(1857–1913), Peirce’s semiotic is distinguished from de Saussure’s by its triadic structure.34 De Saussure’s claim to fame is his application of the traditional dyadic construct of the sign-object relation to linguistic theory. In this view, the sign divides into a signifier (a tangible thing) and what is signified (a conceptual meaning). Embedded in Saussurean semiotics are the perennial dualisms of philosophy: between the sign and the object of signification, between language and reality, and between