Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Ferdinand de Saussure
Born: November 26, 1857
Died: February 22, 1913 (aged 55)
Bio: Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist and semiotician. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments both in linguistics and semiology in the 20th century.
Known for:
- Course in General Linguistics
- Ecrits de linguistique générale
- Premier cours de linguistique generale
- De l'emploi du génitif absolu en sanscrit (1881)