Quote of Ferdinand de Saussure - Language can also be compared with...
Biography - Ferdinand de Saussure:
Swiss linguist and semiotician.
Born: 1857 - Died: 1913
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Born: 1857 - Died: 1913
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Language can also be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and the sound the back; one cannot cut the front with out cutting the back at the same time; likewise in language, one can neither divide sound from thought nor thought from sound;
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Quote source: Course in General Linguistics
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(French, German)
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