Saussure [electronic resource] : a guide for the perplexed / Paul Bouissac.
Bouissac, Paul.
2010
P85.S18 B66 2010eb
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Title Saussure [electronic resource] : a guide for the perplexed / Paul Bouissac.
Author Bouissac, Paul.
ISBN 9781441105677 (electronic bk.)
9781441120687
1441120688
9781441186010 (pbk.)
1441186018 (pbk.)
Publication Details London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (v, 152 p.) : ill.
Call Number P85.S18 B66 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 410.92
Summary Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is generally considered one of the main founders of modern linguistics and semiotics. The book that was derived from his teaching, the Course in General Linguistics, had a lasting impact on the intellectual life of the 20th century and remains today an object of debates and controversies. This Guide for the Perplexed introduces the reader to the ways in which Saussure developed his revolutionary insights on language in the context of the linguistics of his time. It also provides clear definitions and explanations of the basic notions that form the substance of his work, with relevant examples of how they apply to the understanding of language and other symbolic systems. The book demonstrates how Saussures ideas have subsequently been used in the humanities and social sciences. It concludes by pointing to the continuing relevance of the theoretical and practical problems that were articulated by Saussure. This is the ideal book for those studying Saussure, structural linguistics or semantics and semiotics, offering a clear overview and explanation of all the key aspects of this fascinating linguist's work.
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149) and index.
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Introduction
1 Saussures Last Lectures: A Primer in General Linguistics
2 Saussures Early Years: A Golden and Studious Adolescence
3 Saussure in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris: The Fast-track to Fame and Maturity
4 The Journey Home: The Gentleman Linguist of Geneva
5 Linguistics as a Science: Saussures Distinction between Langue (Language as System) and Parole (Language in Use)
6 Signs, Signification, Semiology
7 Synchrony and Diachrony
8 The Making of a Posthumous Book: The Course in General Linguistics (1916)
9 Saussures Double Legacy and Beyond
Appendix I: A Saussure Inventory
Appendix II: The Quotable Saussure
References
Index.

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