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An Analysis of Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics / Laura E.B. Key, Brittany Pheiffer Noble.

By: Key, Laura E. B [author.]Contributor(s): Pheiffer Noble, Brittany [author.]Series: The Macat LibraryPublisher: London : Routledge, 2017Edition: 1st editionDescription: 100 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0034352793ISBN: 9781912127375 :Subject(s): Literature | Literature: history & criticism | Literary theory | Psychology | Philosophy | Political science & theory | Study & learning skills: general
Contents:
<p>Ways in to the text&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Who was Ferdinand de&nbsp;Saussure?&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>What does <em>Course in General Linguistics </em>Say?&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Why does&nbsp;<em>Course in General Linguistics </em>Matter<em>?</em>&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p><b>Section 1: Influences</b>&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 2: Academic Context&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 3: The Problem&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>&#10;<p>Module 4: The Author&#39;s Contribution&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p><b>Section 2: Ideas</b>&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 5: Main Ideas &nbsp;</p>&#10;<p>Module 6: Secondary Ideas &nbsp;</p>&#10;<p>Module 7: Achievement &nbsp;</p>&#10;<p>Module 8: Place in the Author&#39;s Work &nbsp;</p>&#10;<p><b>Section 3: Impact</b>&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 9: The First Responses &nbsp;</p>&#10;<p>Module 10: The Evolving Debate&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 11: Impact and Influence Today&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Module 12: Where Next? &nbsp;</p>&#10;<p>Glossary of Terms&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>People Mentioned in the Text&nbsp; </p>&#10;<p>Works Cited</p>
Summary: Edited and produced from the lecture notes of his students at the University of Geneva, the Course in General Linguistics was first published in 1916, three years after its author's death. The book sets out Saussure's theory that all languages share the same underlying structure, regardless of historical or cultural context. Ferdinand de Saussures Course in General Linguistics is one of the most influential texts of the 20th-century an astonishing feat for what is, at heart, a series of deeply technical lectures about the structure of human languages. What the Courses vast influence shows, fundamentally, is the power of good interpretative skills. The interpretative tasks of laying down and clarifying definitions are often vital to providing the logical framework for all kinds of critical thinking whether it be solving problems in business, or esoteric academic research. At the time sat which Saussure gave his lectures, linguistics was a scattered and inconsistent field, without a unified method or rigorous approach. He aimed to change that by setting down and clarifying definitions and distinctions that would provide a coherent methodological framework for the study of language. The terms laid down in the Course did exactly that and they still make up the core of linguistic terminology a full century later. More than this, however, Saussure also highlighted the centrality of linguistic interpretation to understanding how we relate to the world, founding semiotics, or the study of signs a field whose influence on academics across the humanities and social sciences is unparalleled.
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Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics is one of the most influential texts of the 20th-century - an astonishing feat for what is, at heart, a series of deeply technical lectures about the structure of human languages.

What the Course's vast influence shows, fundamentally, is the power of good interpretative skills. The interpretative tasks of laying down and clarifying definitions are often vital to providing the logical framework for all kinds of critical thinking - whether it be solving problems in business, or esoteric academic research. At the time sat which Saussure gave his lectures, linguistics was a scattered and inconsistent field, without a unified method or rigorous approach. He aimed to change that by setting down and clarifying definitions and distinctions that would provide a coherent methodological framework for the study of language.

The terms laid down in the Course did exactly that - and they still make up the core of linguistic terminology a full century later. More than this, however, Saussure also highlighted the centrality of linguistic interpretation to understanding how we relate to the world, founding "semiotics", or the study of signs - a field whose influence on academics across the humanities and social sciences is unparalleled.

&lt;p&gt;Ways in to the text&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Who was Ferdinand de&nbsp;Saussure?&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;What does &lt;em&gt;Course in General Linguistics &lt;/em&gt;Say?&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Why does&nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Course in General Linguistics &lt;/em&gt;Matter&lt;em&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Section 1: Influences&lt;/b&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 2: Academic Context&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 3: The Problem&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 4: The Author&#39;s Contribution&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Section 2: Ideas&lt;/b&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 5: Main Ideas &nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 6: Secondary Ideas &nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 7: Achievement &nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 8: Place in the Author&#39;s Work &nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Section 3: Impact&lt;/b&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 9: The First Responses &nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 10: The Evolving Debate&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 11: Impact and Influence Today&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Module 12: Where Next? &nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Glossary of Terms&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;People Mentioned in the Text&nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;Works Cited&lt;/p&gt;

Edited and produced from the lecture notes of his students at the University of Geneva, the Course in General Linguistics was first published in 1916, three years after its author's death. The book sets out Saussure's theory that all languages share the same underlying structure, regardless of historical or cultural context. Ferdinand de Saussures Course in General Linguistics is one of the most influential texts of the 20th-century an astonishing feat for what is, at heart, a series of deeply technical lectures about the structure of human languages. What the Courses vast influence shows, fundamentally, is the power of good interpretative skills. The interpretative tasks of laying down and clarifying definitions are often vital to providing the logical framework for all kinds of critical thinking whether it be solving problems in business, or esoteric academic research. At the time sat which Saussure gave his lectures, linguistics was a scattered and inconsistent field, without a unified method or rigorous approach. He aimed to change that by setting down and clarifying definitions and distinctions that would provide a coherent methodological framework for the study of language. The terms laid down in the Course did exactly that and they still make up the core of linguistic terminology a full century later. More than this, however, Saussure also highlighted the centrality of linguistic interpretation to understanding how we relate to the world, founding semiotics, or the study of signs a field whose influence on academics across the humanities and social sciences is unparalleled.

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