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It never had any philosophical...

It never had any philosophical view of a language as such.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

The first of these phases is t...

The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

The critical principle demande...

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

The very special place that a ...

The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

The business, task or object o...

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 this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

Naturally this is possible onl...

Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

In those cases where it relies...

In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

It will involve the same psych...

It will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

Any psychology of sign systems...

Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

Nearly all institutions, it mi...

Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

It is useful to the historian,...

It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

It is one of the aims of lingu...

It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

... and eventually they could ...

... and eventually they could not fail to wonder what exactly these connections showed, and how they should be interpreted in concrete terms.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

In fact, from then on scholars...

In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

In general, the philological m...

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, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

Henceforth, language studies w...

Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

A language presupposes that al...

A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

Within speech, words are subje...

Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their linkage: these are syntagmatic relations, of which I have spoken.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

Whitney wanted to eradicate th...

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

The business, task or object o...

The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages.

Ferdinand Saussure 68 quotes

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