Course in General Linguistics B5

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 saussures text published 100 years after saussures death, this new edition of roy harriss authoritative translation is now available in the bloomsbury revelations series with a substantial new introduction exploring saussures contemporary influence and importance