Saussure
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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
This theory received distinct expression from De Saussure in 1799; and has since been associated with the name of that great alpine traveller, being usually called the 'Theory of Saussure,' and sometimes the 'Sliding Theory.'
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
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