“The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.Quote by Ferdinand De SaussureTopics: Quotes about Ferdinand De SaussureShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
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
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do...#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.#Ferdinand De Saussure
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different...#Ferdinand De Saussure
