Language in Time
- Title
- Language in Time
- Description
- If we considered language in time, without the community of speakers—imagine an isolated individual living for several centuries—we probably would notice no change; time would not influence language. Conversely, if we considered the community of speakers without consiering time, we would not see the effect of the social forces that influence language. To represent the actual facts, we must then add to our first drawing a sign to indicate passage of time.Language is no longer free, for time will allow the social forces at work on it to carry out their effects.
- Designer
- Saussure, Ferdinand de
- Date
- 1916
- Bibliographic Citation
- Saussure, Ferdinand de. 1959. Course in General Linguistics. Edited by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye, in collaboration with Albert Reidlinger. Translated from the French by Wade Baskin. Philosophical Library. Page 78.
- Saussure, Ferdinand de. 1916. Cours de linguistique générale. Paris: Payot.
- depict things of type
- Conceptual
- use feature
- Brace
- Coverage
- language
- time
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