View One:
                        "Unmotivated sign," I.e., an arbitrary relation between signifier and signified

Proposition: Signs form part of two systems, the system of the signifier, and the system of the signified, which co-exist without having any necessary relation.

signifier sound/image
signified =Sign referent/the thing referred to
 
 

                                   View Two:
                        "Motivated sign," I.e., an intentional relation between signifier and signified

Proposition: Signs form part of two systems, the system of the signifier, and the system of the signified, which co-exist and bear a necessary, unshakeable connection with each other.

signifier sound/image
signified =Sign referent/the thing referred to