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Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics) Paperback – December 30, 1998

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The Cours de linguistique generale, reconstructed from students' notes after Saussure's death in 1913, founded modern linguistic theory by breaking the study of language free from a merely historical and comparativist approach. Saussure's new method, now known as Structuralism, has since been applied to such diverse areas as art, architecture, folklore, literary criticism, and philosophy.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Court; Reprint edition (December 30, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812690230
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812690231
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2013
    Hopefully, there will come a day when Amazon reviewers will learn that works universally considered classic or foundational (like Saussure's) do not require reviews of their content, as the irrelevance of the opinions of Hank the English major or Jane the accountant regarding those works restrict the potential use-value of their reviews to whatever inadvertent amusement they might provide readers searching for information with which to evaluate the various editions or translations.

    That said, do not be fooled into buying the cheaper 'Open Court Classics' edition of the 'Cours', in a translation by Roy Harris. For most purposes, the Columbia University Press edition, a 2011 revision of the classic Wade Baskin translation by Perry Meisel, is best. Unfortunately, that is also why it is more than double the price.

    An example: Compare p.67 of the Open Court Harris translation with p.67 of the Columbia Meisel edition: In the former, the sign is divided into 'signal' and 'signification', whereas in the latter, the sign is divided into 'signifier' and 'signified'.

    While one may debate the relative virtues of these terminologies, the latter is almost universally used and recognized, while I for one have never heard anyone utter the former. Certainly, anyone reading this work for the first time would benefit from encountering it in the same terms as their disciplinary peers.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2021
    very nice book, very good conditions
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016
    I really enjoy the perspectives on language set forth in this book. It is a compilation of notes taken by students during lectures by a brilliant, turn-of-the-century linguistics professor. I would recommend this book to any serious student of language.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2007
    This text marks the beginnings of modern linguistics, and is a must for any linguistic bookshelf. This text is, surprisingly, somewhat difficult to find in bookstores, so I was happy to find this affordable copy at Amazon. I recommend this book, along with Bloomfield's Language, to anyone interested in the structuralist foundations of contemporary linguistics.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2014
    I purchased this off of Amazon for my husband for Christmas. He is doing a PHD in English and put this book on his wishlist becasue apparently it is a necessity.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016
    This is the book that started structuralism. Somewhat hard at times but well worth the 1st source read.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2017
    Good condition for the price.
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