![]() He explicitly announces in his lectures and articles that ‘linguistics is only one part’ of the general science which he terms as semiology: “A science that studies the life of signs within society is conceivable it would be a part of social psychology and consequently of general psychology I shall call it semiology” (Saussure 1973:13). Looking back at the history of linguistics, the first systematic attempt to incorporate the study of language into a semiotic discipline can be attributed to the Swiss linguist and scholar Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913), who is credited with being “the father of modern linguistics”. The most important of all these systems.” Symbolic rites, polite formulas, military signals etc. “Language is a system of signs that express ideas, and is thereforeĬomparable to a system of writing, the alphabet of deaf-mutes, Saussure’s Structuralist approach towards LinguisticsĬomparison between Saussure and other LinguistsĬonclusion: Redefining the Linguistic Sign Introduction ![]() Saussure's Definition of the Linguistic Sign ![]()
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