Saussure

[soh-syr]

noun

1. Ferdinand de 1857–1913, Swiss linguist.

Saussure

/ 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

Other Word Forms

• Saussurean adjective

Example Sentences

These initial summits – Saussure himself was the third person to ascend Mont Blanc, the following year – are widely considered to be the dawn of modern mountaineering.

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De Saussure said most calls sought information, though an “extreme few” were aggressive.

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This doesn't mean that Saussure was completely wrong about arbitrariness.

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Early 20th century thinkers such as Ferdinand de Saussure and Ludwig Wittgenstein were among the first who argued that language can impact the way people think and act.

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The Swiss linguist and thinker Ferdinand de Saussure describes language as a form of treasure that is shared with others when we speak.

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