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(1986) The semiotic sphere, Dordrecht, Springer.
The word sign is usually translated into Japanese as kigō. The word kigō, however, originated in Chinese and was introduced into Japanese a long time ago. We call such Sino-Japanese words kango, whereas native Japanese words are called wago. In wago, kigō is shirushi. Shirushi is usually translated as mark in English.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-0205-7_14
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Toyama, T. (1986)., Semiotics in Japan, in T. Sebeok & J. Umiker-Sebeok (eds.), The semiotic sphere, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 323-342.