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Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferdinand de Saussure (26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) is considered a founding father of modern day linguistics and semiotics. Semiotics is the study of how we attach meaning to the world around us and how we communicate that meaning to others.
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Born | (1857-11-26)26 November 1857 |
Died | 22 February 1913(1913-02-22) (aged 55) Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud, Switzerland |
Alma mater | University of Geneva Leipzig University (PhD, 1880) University of Berlin |
Era | 19th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Structuralism, linguistic turn,[1] semiotics |
Institutions | EPHE University of Geneva |
Main interests | Linguistics |
Notable ideas | Structural linguistics Semiology Langue and parole Signified and signifier Synchrony and diachrony Linguistic sign Semiotic arbitrariness Laryngeal theory |
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