The article deals with the F. de Saussure's manuscripts on the epigraphy, for understanding the dimension of this discipline in his works. Starting from a general analysis of these texts, we can ...

This dissertation has three parts. The first one, devoted to the Saussurean concept of "system", aims at showing that there are variations in Saussure's development, and that is possible to identify ...

Ferdinand de Saussure, who died in 1913 at the age of 55, sowed the seeds of structuralist thought that first took root in linguistics, then effloresced throughout the 20th century in fields as ...

"We were born with the historical mission of national revival in this land." This is the first part of the National Education Charter that I had to memorize in elementary school. Was I really born ...

Translation of: Cours de linguistique générale. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!1084684~!0#focus ...

"In a language there are only differences without positive terms. Whether we take the signified or the signifier, the language contains neither ideas nor sounds that pre-exist the linguistic system, ...

John A. Goldsmith is intrigued by the life of a linguistics giant who felt himself to be a failure. “Any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats,” wrote George Orwell. Each ...