Ferdinand de Saussure

John E. Joseph, James McElvenny

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Abstract / Description of output

This chapter is one of a series of interviews with leading scholars on individual figures and movements in the history of linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure was the founder of the field in its modern form, and the chapter considers the nature of his work and its relationship to that which preceded and followed it. It maintains that there is an economy of originality in academic work which regulates the balance between originality and continuity, and that Saussure's work is extraordinary in how it operates that economy.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInterviews in the History of Linguistics
EditorsJames McElvenny
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherLanguage Science Press
Chapter4
Pages41-49
Number of pages9
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)9783961103966
ISBN (Print)9783985540549
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NameHistory and Philosophy of the Language Sciences
PublisherLanguage Science Press
Number6
ISSN (Print)2629-1711
ISSN (Electronic)2629-172X

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