He noted that replacing wooden pieces with ivory does not change the systemic rules of chess, and that positions on the board determine the value of chess pieces.
In one work, this man asks the reader to imagine the waves created when wind hits water as an analogy for the interaction of an "indefinite jumble" on the plane of ideas with the plane of sounds. He noted that replacing wooden pieces with ivory does not change the systemic rules of chess, and that positions on the board determine the value of chess pieces. He distinguished between analyzing a formal system at one time and assessing its change over time on what he called the synchronic and diachronic axes. He discussed the arbitrariness of the sign and contrasted speech as actually used, or parole, with the formal langue in a collection of lecture notes. For 10 points, name this Swiss structuralist who analyzed the signifier-signified relation in his pioneering Course in General Linguistics.
In one work, this man asks the reader to imagine the waves created when wind hits water as an analogy for the interaction of an "indefinite jumble" on the plane of ideas with the plane of sounds.
Ferdinand de Saussure