“The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such.Quote by Ferdinand De SaussureTopics: Quotes about Ferdinand De SaussureShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be...#Ferdinand De Saussure
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to...#Ferdinand De Saussure
A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of...#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest...#Ferdinand De Saussure
