SYMBOL, CONCEPT, TEXT: THE LAND OF EXPERIMENT
The paper deals with the relation between the notions of a «concept» and a «symbol». It is suggested that this dyad can be viewed as the signified and signifier belonging to a special sort of a sign in whose semantics the conceptual component as such is absent. Lack of conceptual content in a symbol makes possible the exchange of components with other linguistic entities and allows for setting up experiments within a text with the aim of studying the combinatorial properties of a symbol and the gain of new experience.