“Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.Quote by Ferdinand De SaussureTopics: Quotes about Ferdinand De SaussureShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Outside speech, the association that is made in the memory between words having something in...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.#Ferdinand De Saussure
Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational...#Ferdinand De Saussure
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus...#Ferdinand De Saussure
The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is...#Ferdinand De Saussure
