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Ferdinand de Saussure Main Contents: Part1: Saussure’s Status, Biography and his Contributions to Linguistics 1. Status 2. Biography 3. Contributions to Linguistics Part2: The Main Academic Viewpoints of Saussure 1. Langue and Parole 2. Synchronic and Diachronic 3. Signified and Signifier 4. Syntagmatic Relation and Paradigmatic Relation Part3: Influence, Evaluation of Saussure and Limitations of his Linguistics Theories. Part 1: Saussure’s Status in Linguistic History⑴ Status Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913)was a Swiss linguist who occupies an important place in the history of linguistics. He was the pivotal figure in the transition from the 19th to 20th century, and is generally considered the founder of modern linguistics. Part 1: Saussure’s Status in Linguistic History⑵ The Course in General Linguistics 《普通语言学教程》 It was posthumously published in 1916. It is considered Saussure’s most influential work. His ideas in this book leave a monumental impact. A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas. -Ferdinand de Saussure Part 1: Biography of Saussure ⑴ 2. Biography a) He was born in Geneva, on Dec.26th 1857, Switzerland. b) By age 15, he had learned Greek, French, German, English, and Latin. He began his education at the University of Geneva studying physics and chemistry from 1875 to 1876. He went to Leipzig in 1876 to study linguistics. Saussure published a book entitled Dissertation on the Primitive Vowel System in Indo-European Languages in 1878. ﹙《论印欧系语言元音的原始系统》，被誉为“历史语言学中杰出的篇章”﹚ Part 1: Biography of Saussure ⑵ f) He wrote his doctoral thesis On the Genitive Absolute in Sanskrit in Berlin in 1879. ﹙《论梵语绝对属格的用法》﹚ g) He returned to Leipzig and was awarded his doctorate in 1880. h) He taught in Paris for 11 years﹙1881-1891﹚ before returning to Geneva in 1891. i) He lecture