The phrase "a symbol system" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a structured set of symbols used for communication, representation, or encoding information.
Example: "In linguistics, a language is often described as a symbol system that conveys meaning through its vocabulary and grammar."
Alternatives: "a system of symbols" or "a symbolic system".
A language is a symbol system.
The special biological basis of language is supported by the fact that deaf children who are not exposed to a sign language invent a symbol system that is similar in structure to that developed by hearing children.
Two airlines, American and Delta, are currently testing a Symbol system that stores an encrypted photograph of a passenger's face in what the company calls a portable data file, essentially a series of different-sized bars.
Almost every society has evolved a symbol system whereby, at first glance, strange objects and odd types of behaviour appear to the outside observer to have irrational meanings and seem to evoke odd, unwarranted cognitions and emotions.
We present a connectionist model of sentence comprehension that does not implement a symbol system yet behaves systematically.
Furthermore, a symbol is the sort of symbol it is linguistic, musical, pictorial, diagrammatic, etc.—in virtue of its belonging to a symbol system of a certain kind.
As Carnap understood the analytic/synthetic distinction, it was a distinction drawn by a logician to enable greater theoretical systematicity in the reconstructive understanding of a given symbol system, typically a fragment of a historically developed one.
Cognition, 28, 3 71] argue that connectionist models are not able to display systematicity other than by implementing a classical symbol system.
For example, Ramsay et al. (1991) argued that the demonstrated capacity of connectionist models to perform cognitively interesting tasks undermined the then-prevailing view of the mind as a physical symbol system.
As an outcome of the study, it was understood that the design scale could be satisfactorily used in the design process of a visual symbol system for Turkish language.
Last month, Walmart released an interpretative symbol system called "Great for You," which uses icons to convey a value judgment about the product's nutrition and allows consumers to make quick choices about healthier foods.
