Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure

(1857–1913) linguist Switzerland

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Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913) was a Switzerland linguist, known for Course in General Linguistics|semiology|Geneva School|structural linguistics.

About Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century. He is widely considered one of the founders of 20th-century linguistics and one of two major founders of semiotics, or semiology, as Saussure called it.

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Course in General Linguistics|semiology|Geneva School|structural linguistics

Notable works:

Cours de linguistique générale

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