Ferdinand de Saussure Inside and Outside Linguistics
Ferdinand de Saussure Inside and Outside Linguistics
Ferdinand de Saussure Inside and Outside Linguistics
Nigel Vincent
24 February 2016
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6. Saussure and Chomsky Coseriu introduces a three-way concept: system
(of structural possibilities) vs norm (socially ac-
Langue vs parole similar but not same as cepted uses within the system) vs parole (indivi-
Chomskys distinction between competence and dual speech).
performance.
Grammaticalization
Same separation between synchrony and dia-
chrony but for different reasons
10. Other disciplines
Syntax undeveloped within Saussure but central
to Chomskys thought Anthropology: Lvi-Strauss
No Saussurean equivalent of UG (the organ of lan- Literary criticism: formalism and the structural
guage). organization of the text. Bakhtin
Post-structuralism: Barthes, Derrida, De Man.
7. Linguistics in Paris
Chair of Comparative Grammar at the Collge de
France three holders span more than century:
Michel Bral, Antoine Meillet, mile Benvniste.
8. Histoire vs discours
A constrast first conceived by Benveniste in 1959.
Subjectivity in language