“The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.Quote by Ferdinand De SaussureTopics: Quotes about Ferdinand De SaussureShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is...#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.#Ferdinand De Saussure
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational...#Ferdinand De Saussure
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different...#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e....#Ferdinand De Saussure
Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the...#Ferdinand De Saussure
