Course in General Linguistics

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Course in General Linguistics is Ferdinand de Saussure’s foundational posthumously compiled work that established structural linguistics and introduced key concepts such as the signifier/signified distinction and the synchronic–diachronic divide.

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Cours de linguistique générale 2
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instanceOf book ⓘ
author Ferdinand de Saussure NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme primacy of synchronic analysis over diachronic analysis ⓘ
structure of language as a system of signs ⓘ
systemic relations between linguistic units ⓘ
compiledFrom Saussure’s lecture notes ⓘ
students’ lecture notes ⓘ
compiler Albert Sechehaye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Bally NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
field structuralism ⓘ
hasPart section on diachronic linguistics ⓘ
section on general principles of linguistics ⓘ
section on linguistic geography ⓘ
section on synchronic linguistics ⓘ
impact established Saussure as a central figure in 20th-century linguistics ⓘ
founded modern structural linguistics ⓘ
influenced Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
European structuralism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacques Lacan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louis Hjelmslev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roland Barthes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Jakobson NERFINISHED ⓘ
semiotics as a discipline ⓘ
structural linguistics ⓘ
introducedConcept arbitrariness of the sign ⓘ
diachronic linguistics ⓘ
langue ⓘ
linear nature of the signifier ⓘ
linguistic sign ⓘ
parole ⓘ
signified ⓘ
signifier ⓘ
synchronic linguistics ⓘ
value in language ⓘ
language French ⓘ
originalTitle Cours de linguistique générale NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfPublication Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
posthumousWorkOf Ferdinand de Saussure NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1916 ⓘ
publisher Payot NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject linguistics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
semiotics ⓘ
structural linguistics ⓘ

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