Course in General Linguistics
Ferdinand de SaussureThe book that made modern linguistics possible.
Why It's Lindy
The book that made modern linguistics possible. Saussure shifted attention from individual words to the structure of language itself: signifier and signified, langue and parole, meaning through difference. Structuralism, semiotics, anthropology, literary theory, and much of 20th-century thought begin here.
About This Volume
The foundational text of structural linguistics, reconstructed from Saussure's lectures and centered on language as a system of signs, differences, and conventions.
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Why should I read Course in General Linguistics?
The book that made modern linguistics possible. Saussure shifted attention from individual words to the structure of language itself: signifier and signified, langue and parole, meaning through difference. Structuralism, semiotics, anthropology, literary theory, and much of 20th-century thought begin here.
What is Course in General Linguistics about?
The foundational text of structural linguistics, reconstructed from Saussure's lectures and centered on language as a system of signs, differences, and conventions.
