皮尔斯于19世纪末首次提出指示符号概念,但未对该类符号之内部情况做深入探究。指示是人类认知及交际的核心方式之一,因无须反映所指对象之本质特征,指示符号极具语境依赖性及经济性。根据符号与对象间之关系,皮氏所谓“指示符号”可进一步分为:实物指示、实物——语言指示及语言指示,从实物指示到语言指示再到语言指称存在一个单向性符号连续统,该连续统体现出人类认知能力及意指方式之演化过程。 Pierce put forward the notion of notation at the end of the 19th century for the first time, but did not study the internal situation of such notation in detail. Indication is one of the core ways of human cognition and communication. Because it does not have to reflect the essential characteristics of the object, the indicator is highly contextual and economical. According to the relationship between symbols and objects, Pei’s so-called “indicator ” can be further divided into: physical indication, physical-language indication and language indication, from the physical indication to the language indication to the linguistic reference that there is a unidirectional symbol Continuum, the continuum reflects human cognitive ability and means the evolution of the way.