Theoretical Construction of Linguistic Sociology

Duality of action, that is, the relation between the two facts-action is an event in the real world and action becomes effective through an understanding of its meaning-has never been appropriately argued in past sociological theories. Structuralism indicated that the level of signs is detached from the real world (the principle of arbitrariness) and refuted the assumptions of Marxism. The language game is a concept proposed by Wittgenstein who surpassed the assumed duality through structuralism and adhered to the notion of singleness of this world. Action is meaningful in terms of peoples' behaviors or the language game. Its meaning is revealed as the finite sequence of individual items in the real world. Language is an intercorporal form that is transferred between scattered bodies in the real world. Linguistic sociology assumes language, sex, and power to be the three fundamental operators in the social space. Various social figures are derived from these three operators, and some are selected as institutional premises for establishing the actual social systems. In this manner, linguistic sociology can formulate a comprehensive theoretical construction comprising both universal principles of society and an empirical investigation of social systems.