Ferdinand de Saussure

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Contents 1 Biography 2 Notable Quotes 3 Article Summaries 4 Additional Works/Publications 4.1 Books 4.2 Articles/Essays 4.3 Websites 5 Further Readings 6 Other Scholarly Views 6.1 Agreement 6.2 Opposition 7 References 8 External Links

Biography

Ferdinand De Saussure (1857-1907) was a Swiss linguist. He studied linguistics at the University of Leipzig (1876) then later studied in Berlin. From 1881-1891, after receiving his doctorate from Leipzig, he taught in Paris, and in 1891, he accepted a professorship at Geneva. He taught at the University of Geneva for the rest of his career. In 1907, he started teaching General Linguistics.

Notable Quotes

Article Summaries

"Nature of the Linguistic Sign" by Ferdinand de Saussure

Additional Works/Publications

Books

Articles/Essays

Websites

Semiotics for Beginners

Semiotics of Social Networking

Purdue OWL: Structuralism and Semiotics

Further Readings

Other Scholarly Views

Agreement

Those authors that agree with Saussure.

Opposition

Those authors that disagree with Saussure.

References

External Links