It is not that objects exist prior to words. Instead in the human cognitive process, "signifiant (symbol)" is given to a certain collective "signifié" (what is expressed).
In other words, words are based on perception rather than on substance. This is why words can be more abstract than that of plain meanings of substance.
The things which exist by the name, such as water, enemy, and road, do not exist in the world originally. Rather than that, we ourselves allocate the words of water, enemy, and road to the world according to our interests. *
■References (Books, papers, Web articles, etc.)
Course in General Linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure Columbia University Press; 48943rd edition (1994)
『ソシュールを読む』 丸山 圭三郎 一九八三年
*: The object does not exist before the idea. In other words, the interest and consciousness of the moment creates the object.The act of considering a problem cannot be done without an object. (Quoted from Course in General Linguistics by Saussure)
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