The centenary of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Cours de linguistique générale

The paper discusses the making of «Cours de linguistique générale», the role Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye played in the preparation of Saussure’s lectures for print and the effort they took to make Saussure’ theory popular. Some previously unknown facts are presented. Further study of Saussure’s heritage, which was continued in the framework of saussurology, was aimed at altering the stereotyped perception of Saussure’s teaching. Immediate affiliations as well as more distant tendencies in the influence of Saussure’s ideas on the development of modern linguistics are examined.

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arbitrariness of language sign, Circle of Ferdinand de Saussure, French Sociological Linguistics, Geneva School, langue and parole, saussurology, structuralism, synchrony and diachrony

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GOST	Kuznetsov V. The centenary of Ferdinand de Saussure’s «Cours de linguistique générale» // Voprosy Jazykoznanija – 2016. – Issue 2 C. 90-99 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vopjaz/s207987840000363-8-1-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0000984-1
MLA	Kuznetsov, Valeriy "The centenary of Ferdinand de Saussure’s «Cours de linguistique générale»." Voprosy Jazykoznanija 2 (2016):90-99. DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0000984-1
APA	Kuznetsov V. (2016). The centenary of Ferdinand de Saussure’s «Cours de linguistique générale». Voprosy Jazykoznanija (2), pp.90-99 DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0000984-1


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