He says that linguistics is also concerned with the history of languages, and with the social or cultural influences that shape the development of language. Saussure defines linguistics as the study of language, and as the study of the manifestations of human speech. The text includes an introduction to the history and subject-matter of linguistics an appendix entitled “Principles of Phonology ” and five main sections, entitled: “Part One: General Principles,” “Part Two: Synchronic Linguistics,” “Part Three: Diachronic Linguistics,” “Part Four: Geographical Linguistics,” and “Part Five: Concerning Retrospective Linguistics.” Saussure examines the relationship between speech and the evolution of language, and investigates language as a structured system of signs. Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguisticsįerdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguisticsįerdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics (1916) is a summary of his lectures at the University of Geneva from 1906 to 1911.
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