Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)