Course in General Linguistics

In “Course in General Linguistics” Saussure defines those distinctions that have provided the basis for all subsequent linguistic studies: between langue and parole; between the synchronic and the diachronic study of language; between paradigmatic and syntagmatic language units. The book is a classic of intellectual discovery, whose more general implications are only now being widely recognised.

Published 1977, Fontana Book.

Binding of book is intact. Darkened and sunned covers with moderate creasing, shelfwear and foxing. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Annotations in pencil, moderate foxing and shadow on insides of covers. Annotations in pencil, moderate foxing and some creasing on certain pages.