“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
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language...#Ferdinand De Saussure
In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different...#Ferdinand De Saussure
Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the...#Ferdinand De Saussure
A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of...#Ferdinand De Saussure
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e....#Ferdinand De Saussure
