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Ferdinand de Saussure, born on November 26, 1857 in Geneva, Switzerland, and died on February 22, 1913. He was a Swiss linguist and the founder of structuralism in linguistics, regarded as one of the most important linguists of the 20th century.

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“A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs.”

Individual Language Users Organs

Author:Ferdinand de Saussure

“In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain solely the business of a handful of specialists would be a quite unacceptable state of affairs.”

States Would Be Individual Language Study Greater Importance Affair Factors Handful Specialists Individuals And Society

Book:Course in General Linguistics

Source: Course in General Linguistics

“Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.”

Individual Social Sides Speech

Book:Course in General Linguistics

Source: Course in General Linguistics

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Born: November 26, 1857
Died: February 22, 1913
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Quotes: 29

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