Saussure: signs, system and arbitrariness

Auteur :
Holdcroft, David
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521326186
Date de publication :
26 avr. 1991
Dimensions :
22,5 x 14,4 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
354 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Professor Holdcroft's book expounds and elaborates Saussure's central ideas – that the primary object in studying a language is the state of that language at a particular time – a so-called synchronic study. It also offers a critical assessment of them, arguing that many of Saussure's claims are either questionable or have been misunderstood.