“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.” StatesWould BeIndividualLanguageStudyGreaterImportanceAffairFactorsHandfulSpecialistsIndividuals And Society Book:Course in General Linguistics Source: Course in General Linguistics
“Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.” LanguageStudyGrammarCorrecting Author:Ferdinand de Saussure
“In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.” DifferentSpiritLanguageStudyIssuesMovementSourceTraditionalInstanceRelevantGrammarLinguisticsInscriptionsLinguists Author:Ferdinand de Saussure
“It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.” WholeInterestStudyObjectsRangePerceiveContributionEvidentLinguisticsLinguists Author:Ferdinand de Saussure
“The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.” IfsLanguageKnownStudyObjectsTasks Author:Ferdinand de Saussure
