Russell (1961: 463):
A concept is a natural sign, a word is a conventional sign. We must distinguish when we are speaking of the word as a thing, and when we are using it as having meaning.
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In Systemic Functional Linguistics, the relation between meaning and wording is said to be natural, while the relation between wording and expression is conventional. It is the expression of a word that is conventional, as opposed to natural.
In Systemic Functional Linguistics, a word is both a thing — a construal of experience — and a realisation of meaning.
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