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Ferdinand de Saussure (Hardcover, New)
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Ferdinand de Saussure (Hardcover, New)
Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Linguists
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Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is widely recognized as the
founder of twentieth-century language science. In his lifetime he
published an important work on Indo-European philology but it was
his Course in General Linguistics, published posthumously in 1916,
that paved the way for a genuinely scientific theory of language
based on a system of mutually defining entities. In addition to
laying the foundations for many of the significant developments in
modern linguistics, the implications of Saussure's work have been
far reaching across a broad range of disciplines beyond language
studies; indeed, his projected science of signs effected a
fundamental reconceptualization of our knowledge about all socially
organized meaning systems and it has had a profound impact on, for
example, the evolution of modern sociology, anthropology, film
studies, and literary theory. As serious work on Saussure's
thinking and influence continues to flourish, this long-awaited new
title in Routledge's Critical Assessments of Leading Linguists
series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make
sense of a vast scholarly literature. Edited by John E. Joseph,
author of the first full-length and comprehensive biography of
Saussure, this four-volume Major Work brings together the best and
most influential English-language Saussurean secondary literature.
(It also makes available in translation several key pieces
originally published in languages other than English.) The
collection includes: work on Saussure's precursors; comprehensive
coverage of his linguistic theory, his key concepts, and their
critical reception, especially in Europe and the USA; critiques of
Saussure (including reassessments and refinements prompted by the
unearthing in 1996 of a manuscript published as his Writings in
General Linguistics); full coverage of Saussure's 'rediscovery' in
the 1960s and his significance in the rise of structuralism, as
well as his influence on the broader poststructuralist approaches
to inquiry in the human sciences that followed. Ferdinand de
Saussure is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction,
newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in
its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of
reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as
a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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