His major work, the _Course in General Linguistics_, presented a model of language that concentrated on the interplay between a basic word and its meaning.
This lifelong student of Sanskrit was among the first to make a distinction between "langue," or grammatical rules, and "parole," the act of speaking. His major work, the _Course in General Linguistics_, presented a model of language that concentrated on the interplay between a basic word and its meaning. FTP, name this influential Swiss philologist and founder of the structuralist school of linguistics.
This lifelong student of Sanskrit was among the first to make a distinction between "langue," or grammatical rules, and "parole," the act of speaking.
Ferdinand de {Saussure}