“Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.Quote by Ferdinand De SaussureTopics: Quotes about Ferdinand De SaussureShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest...#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e....#Ferdinand De Saussure
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Outside speech, the association that is made in the memory between words having something in...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be...#Ferdinand De Saussure
A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus...#Ferdinand De Saussure
