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Saussure

American  
[soh-syr] / soʊˈsür /

noun

  1. Ferdinand de 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.


Saussure British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Saussure was obsessed with mountains as a focus of his research; he believed they held the key to understanding the Earth.

From The Guardian May 16, 2019

As early as 1787, Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, conducting earth sciences research, documented mountain sickness there.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2012

Despite this exact statement, de Saussure failed to connect large boulders found in the foreland of the mountains to the glaciers of the Alps.

From Scientific American Jan. 4, 2011

Saussure asserts that all fruits, in a green state, are adequate to perform this process of deoxidation.

From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder

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