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Saus·sure (s

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, -sür

), Ferdinand de 1857-1913.

Swiss linguist. The founder of structural linguistics, he declared that there is only an arbitrary relationship between a linguistic sign and that which it signifies. The posthumously published collection of his lectures, Course in General Linguistics (1916), is a seminal work of modern linguistics.

Saussure (French) [sosyr]

(Biographies / Saussure, Ferdinand de (1857-1913) M, Swiss, LANGUAGE: linguist, WRITING: structuralist) Ferdinand de (fɛrdinɑ̃ də). 1857-1913, Swiss linguist. He pioneered structuralism in linguistics and the separation of scientific language description from historical philological studies

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Saussure - Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)

de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure

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