Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics is one of the
most influential texts of the 20th-century - an astonishing feat
for what is, at heart, a series of deeply technical lectures about
the structure of human languages. What the Course's vast influence
shows, fundamentally, is the power of good interpretative skills.
The interpretative tasks of laying down and clarifying definitions
are often vital to providing the logical framework for all kinds of
critical thinking - whether it be solving problems in business, or
esoteric academic research. At the time sat which Saussure gave his
lectures, linguistics was a scattered and inconsistent field,
without a unified method or rigorous approach. He aimed to change
that by setting down and clarifying definitions and distinctions
that would provide a coherent methodological framework for the
study of language. The terms laid down in the Course did exactly
that - and they still make up the core of linguistic terminology a
full century later. More than this, however, Saussure also
highlighted the centrality of linguistic interpretation to
understanding how we relate to the world, founding "semiotics", or
the study of signs - a field whose influence on academics across
the humanities and social sciences is unparalleled.
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