Saussure

[ French soh-syr ]

noun
  1. Fer·di·nand de [French fer-dee-nahnduh], /French fɛr diˈnɑ̃ də/, 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.

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Saussure

/ (French sosyr) /


noun
  1. Ferdinand de (fɛrdinɑ̃ də). 1857–1913, Swiss linguist. He pioneered structuralism in linguistics and the separation of scientific language description from historical philological studies

Derived forms of Saussure

  • Saussurean, adjective, noun

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