Saussurean Linguistics, founded by Ferdinand de Saussure, emphasizes the study of language as a structured system of signs where meaning arises from the relationships and differences between these signs. This approach laid the groundwork for structuralism, focusing on the synchronic analysis of language rather than its historical development.

Saussurean Linguistics

Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid the foundation for many developments in the study of language, particularly structuralism. His theory of the linguistic sign, which separates the 'signifier' from the 'signified', revolutionized the understanding of how meaning is constructed in language.

Ferdinand de Saussure

study of language

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