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Study Quotes by Ferdinand de Saussure
- In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain solely…
- Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
- In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance,…
- It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident…
- The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally…
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