Re-reading Saussure: The Dynamics Of Signs In Social Life

Re-reading Saussure: The Dynamics Of Signs In Social Life
by Paul J. Thibault / / / PDF


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Saussure's theory of language is generally considered to be a formal theory of abstract sign-types and systems, separate from our individual and social practices of making meaning. In this challenging book, Thibault presents a different view of Saussure. Paying close attention to the original texts, including Cours de linguistique generale, he demonstrates that Saussure was centrally concerned with trying to formulate a theory of how meanings are made.

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