Language can…be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and sound the back; one cannot cut the front without cutting the back at the same time.


Course in General Linguistics (1916)

Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes

Language can…be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and sound the back; one cannot cut the front without cutting the back at the...

Language can…be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and sound the back; one cannot cut the front without cutting the back at the...

Language can…be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and sound the back; one cannot cut the front without cutting the back at the...

Language can…be compared with a sheet of paper: thought is the front and sound the back; one cannot cut the front without cutting the back at the...