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Ferdinand de Saussure and Structural Linguistics



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  1. I was taught that Saussure never talked about "structure / structural" (4min47s), instead he used the word "system". His students later used the word structure to talk about his work. Can you confirm?

  2. If you've ever learned another language, you sometimes come across words and phrases that do not have an exact translation in our own language. What does that mean for Sassure's notion that there is no signified without a signifier, especially in terms of translating terms for something more abstract?

  3. I'm confused about "language is structural, thereby freeing it from associations, be they social, cultural, political, historical" and then you say "linguistic objects meaning is understood through its contrast with other objects". Can something be free of associations and at the same time contrast with others? What is meant by association here? I, for example, associate the word monarchy in opposition with republic; the word gentlemen and its contrast with peers and commoners. These things are at the same time associations and contrasts, that's why I'm confused.

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