Saussure
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Ferdinand de Saussure advanced a theory in which meaning was embedded within a linguistic structure but the meaning itself is expressed through multiple mechanisms.
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
Among temporary residents were such men and women as Dr. and Mrs. Marcet, Arago, De Candolle, the botanist, Freiherr von Stein, Madame Necker de Saussure, and Sismondi.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
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