"In his Course in General Linguistics , first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part.
Semiology, therefore aims to take in any system of signs, whatever their substance and limits; images, gestures, musical sounds, objects, and the complex associations of all these, which form the content of ritual, convention or public entertainment: these constitute, if not languages , at lea. "In his Course in General Linguistics , first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part