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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 1427500
TI  - Saussure : signs, system and arbitrariness.
PY  - 1991
VL  - *27
SN  - 0521326184 0521339189 051162459X 0511871554 9780521326186 9780521339186 9780511624599
PB  - Cambridge Cambridge University press
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Philosophy of language
KW  - Semiotics
KW  - Saussure, de, Ferdinand M.
KW  - Langage [Sciences du ]
KW  - Langage [théorie du ]
KW  - Linguistic science
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Linguistique
KW  - Linguïstiek
KW  - Science of language
KW  - Sciences du langage
KW  - Taalkunde
KW  - Taalwetenschap
KW  - Théories du langage
KW  - Saussure, Ferdinand de,
KW  - Linguistics.
KW  - 800.1
KW  - 800
KW  - #SBIB:309H503
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Taalfilosofie
KW  - Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek
KW  - Semiotiek, semiologie
KW  - Saussure, Ferdinand de
KW  - 800 Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek
KW  - 800.1 Taalfilosofie
KW  - Saussure, de, Ferdinand
KW  - Sossi︠u︡r, Ferdinand de,
KW  - Saussure, F. de
KW  - De Saussure, Ferdinand,
KW  - Soshwirŭ, Pʻerŭdinang dŭ,
KW  - Suoxu'er, Feiernan De,
KW  - דה סוסיר, פרדינן,
KW  - Arts and Humanities
KW  - Language & Linguistics
KW  - Saussure, Ferdinand de, - 1857-1913
KW  - Saussure, Ferdinand de (1857-1913)
KW  - Critique et interprétation
KW  - Critique et interprétation
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1427500
AB  - The Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) has exerted a profound influence not only on twentieth century linguistics but on a whole range of disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. His central thesis was that the primary object in studying a language is the state of that language at a particular time - a so-called synchronic study. He went on to claim that a language state is a socially constituted system of signs that are quite arbitrary and that can only be defined in terms of their relationship within the system. This new perspective has changed the way people think about linguistics and has led to important attempts to apply structuralist ideas in anthropology, literary criticism, and philosophy. Professor Holdcroft's book expounds and elaborates Saussure's central ideas.  It also offers a critical assessment of them, arguing that many of Saussure's claims are either questionable or have been misunderstood.
ER  -