Ferdinand de Saussure

Course in General Linguistics

Übersetzer: Harris, Roy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ferdinand de Saussure is commonly regarded as one of the fathers of 20th Century Linguistics. His lectures, posthumously published as the Course in General Linguistics ushered in the structuralist mode which marked a key turning point in modern thought. Philosophers such as Jacques Derrida and Roland Barthes, psychoanalysts such as Jacques Lacan, the anthropologist ClaudeLevi-Strauss and linguists such as Noam Chomsky all found an important influence for their work in the pages of Saussure's text. Published 100 years after Saussure's death, this new edition of Roy Harris's authoritative translation is now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series with a substantial new introduction exploring Saussure's contemporary influence and importance.

Produktdetails

• Bloomsbury Revelations
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781472512055
• ISBN-10: 1472512057
• Artikelnr.: 37669557

Autorenporträt

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century, whose work not only laid the foundations for important developments in linguistics but also proved widely influential in philosophy, anthropology, sociology and literary theory. The Course in General Linguistics is his most important work. Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Editor's Introduction, Roy Harris

Introduction
1. A Brief Survey of the History of Linguistics
2. Data and Aims of Linguistics: Connexions with Related Sciences
3. The Object of Study
4. Linguistics of Language Structure and Linguistics of Speech
5. Internal and External Elements of a Language
6. Representation of a Language by Writing
7. Physiological Phonetics

Appendix: Principles of Physiological Phonetics
1. Sound Types
2. Sounds in Spoken Sequences

Part One: General Principles
1. Nature of the Linguistic Sign
2. Invariability and Variability of the Sign
3. Static Linguistics and Evolutionary Linguistics

Part Two: Synchronic Linguistics
1. General Observations
2. Concrete Entities of a Language
3. Identities, Realities, Values
4. Linguistic Value
5. Syntagmatic Relations and Associative Relations
6. The Language Mechanism
7. Grammar and Its Subdivisions
8. Abstract Entities in Grammar

Part Three: Diachronic Linguistics
1. General Observations
2. Sound Changes
3. Grammatical Consequences of Phonetic Evolution
4. Analogy
5. Analogy and Evolution
6. Popular Etymology
7. Agglutination
8. Diachronic Units,Identities and Realities

Appendices

Part Four: Geographical Linguistics
1. On the Diversity of Languages
2. Geographical Diversity: Its Complexity
3. Causes of Geographical Diversity
4. Propagation of Linguistic Waves

Part Five: Questions of Retrospective Linguistics Conclusion
1. The Two Perspectives of Diachronic Linguistics
2. Earliest Languages and Prototypes
3. Reconstructions
4. Linguistic Evidence in Anthropology and Prehistory
5. Language Families and Linguistic Types

Index

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Editors' Preface and Acknowledgments
Textual Note
Introduction: Saussure and His Contexts
Course in General Linguistics
Translator's Introduction
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Chapter I. A Glance at the History of Linguistics
Chapter II. Subject Matter and Scope of Linguistics; Its Relations with
Other Sciences
Chapter III. The Object of Linguistics
Chapter IV. Linguistics of Language and Linguists of Speaking
Chapter V. Internal and External Elements of Language
Chapter VI. Graphic Representation of Language
Chapter VII. Phonology
Appendix: Principles of Phonology
Chapter I. Phonological Species
Chapter II. Phonemes in the Spoken Chain
Part One: General Principles
Chapter I. Nature of the Linguistic Sign
Chapter II. Immutability and Mutability of the Sign
Chapter III. Static and Evolutionary Linguistics
Part Two: Synchronic Linguistics
Chapter I. Generalities
Chapter II. The Concrete Entities of Language
Chapter III. Identities, Realities, Values
Chapter IV. Linguistic Value
Chapter V. Syntagmatic and Associative Relations
Chapter VI. Mechanism of Language
Chapter VII. Grammar and Its Subdivisions
Chapter VIII. Role of Abstract Entities in Grammar
Part Three: Diachronic Linguistics
Chapter I. Generalities
Chapter II. Phonetic Changes
Chapter III. Grammatical Consequences of Phonetic Evolution
Chapter IV. Analogy
Chapter V. Analogy and Evolution
Chapter VI. Folk Etymology
Chapter VII. Agglutination
Chapter VIII. Diachronic Unites, Identities, and Realities
Appendices to Parts Three and Four
Part Four: Geographical Linguistics
Chapter I. Concerning the Diversity of Languages
Chapter II. Complication of Geographical Diversity
Chapter III. Causes of Geographical Diversity
Chapter IV. Spread of Linguistic Waves
Part Five: Concerning Retrospective Linguistics
Chapter I. The Two Perspectives of Diachronic Linguistics
Chapter II. The Oldest Language at the Prototype
Chapter III. Reconstructions
Chapter IV. The Contribution of Language to Anthropology and Prehistory
Chapter V. Language Families and Linguistic Types
Errata
Notes
Works Cited
Index