Between 1907 and 1911, Ferdinand de Saussure gave three series of lectures on the topic of general linguistics. After his death, these lecture notes were gathered together by his students and ...published as the Course in General Linguistics. And in the past one hundred years, there has been no more influential and divisive reading of Saussure than that of Jacques Derrida. This book is an examination of Derrida's philosophical reconstruction of Saussurean linguistics, of the paradigm shift from structuralism to post-structuralism, and of the consequences that continue to resonate in every field of the humanities today. Despite the importance of Derrida's critique of Saussure for cultural studies, philosophy, linguistics and literary theory, no comprehensive analysis has before been written. The magnitude of the task undertaken here makes this book an invaluable resource for those wishing to interrogate the encounter beyond appearances or received wisdom.
« Tout ce qui est dans le sentiment des sujets parlants est phénomène réel », écrivait Saussure dans les années 1880 en vue d’un possible cours de morphologie. Mais le terme sentiment ne fait pas ...partie de ceux, tels signe, système, synchronie ou diachronie, qu’on associe au canon des concepts saussuriens. Le projet de cet ouvrage est de montrer au contraire que le sentiment linguistique occupe une place essentielle dans la pensée du linguiste genevois, et qu’il est peut-être l’instance principale qui lui permet de définir ce qu’il appelle la « langue ». Les contributions de cet ouvrage mènent l’enquête autour de ce qu’on peut appeler le sentiment linguistique chez Saussure, en explorant les inspirations que Saussure a pu prendre chez ses prédécesseurs, étudient les diverses inflexions que le motif prend chez lui, notamment à partir des sources manuscrites, et explorent les enjeux de la notion aujourd’hui. Prenant place dans le champ de l’histoire des idées linguistiques, il est aussi susceptible d’ouvrir de nouvelles pistes de recherche sur l’appréhension des faits linguistiques par le sujet parlant.
This book draws on recent developments in research on Ferdinand de Saussure’s general linguistics to challenge the structuralist doctrine associated with the Course in General Linguistics (1916) and ...to propose a phenomenological interpretation of Saussure’s study of language. Such a critical as well as constructive undertaking depends on following two new editorial paradigms: a reexamination of the posthumous Course in light of the relevant sources and a reclamation of the historically authentic materials from Saussure’s Nachlass. This paradigm shift is deployed in the book to expose the difficulties surrounding the official Saussurean doctrine with its sets of oppositional pairings: the signifier and the signified, la langue and la parole, synchrony and diachrony. It serves therefore to put pressure not only on the validity of the posthumous editorial redaction of Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics but also on its structuralist and poststructuralist legacy within the works of Levi-Strauss, Lacan, and Derrida. Its constructive contribution consists in reclaiming the writings from Saussure’s Nachlass, some of them recently discovered, in the service of a linguistic phenomenology, which intersects individual expression in the present with historically sedimented social conventions. The book develops such a conception of language by engaging Saussure’s reflections with relevant writings by Hegel, Husserl, Roman Jakobson, and Merleau-Ponty. Finally, the book enriches its philosophical critique with a detailed historical account of the material and institutional processes that led to the ghostwriting and recognizing the Course as official Saussurean doctrine.
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is generally considered one of the main founders of modern linguistics and semiotics. The book that was derived from his teaching, the Course in General Linguistics, ...had a lasting impact on the intellectual life of the 20th century and remains today an object of debates and controversies. This Guide for the Perplexed introduces the reader to the ways in which Saussure developed his revolutionary insights on language in the context of the linguistics of his time.' It also provides clear definitions and explanations of the basic notions that form the substance of his work, with relevant examples of how they apply to the understanding of language and other symbolic systems.' The book demonstrates how Saussure's ideas have subsequently been used in the humanities and social sciences. It concludes by pointing to the continuing relevance of the theoretical and practical problems that were articulated by Saussure. This is the ideal book for those studying Saussure, structural linguistics or semantics and semiotics, offering a clear overview and explanation of all the key aspects of this fascinating linguist's work.
In the first comprehensive biography of Ferdinand de Saussure, John E. Joseph restores the full character and history of a man who is considered the founder of modern linguistics and whose ideas have ...influenced literary theory, philosophy, cultural studies, and virtually every other branch of humanities and the social sciences.
The dialectic of synchronic and diachronic has burgeoned in biblical exegesis. Conferences have convened under its banner. Few scholars elude its claim for attention. Often at issue, however, are the ...divergent ways these concepts are construed and the ambiguity and confusion that ensue. Such confusion has a lot to do with the changing face of contemporary biblical interpretation in the decades since this dialectic first found its place on the agenda. Here, Hong discusses the significance of synchrony and diachrony in contemporary biblical interpretation.
Die Berühmtheit eines Wissenschaftlers lässt sich nicht ausschließlich an der Anzahl der auf seine Werke getätigten Verweise ermessen. Auch die Vernachlässigung der Vollständigkeit eines Verweises ...auf den Urheber einer als grundlegend wahrgenommenen Idee stellt eine - wenn nicht gar die intensivste - Form der Anerkennung dar.Julia Richter ermittelt, mit welchen Strategien wissenschaftliches Prestige erzeugt wird. Im Zentrum ihrer Analyse stehen die Verweise auf Ferdinand de Saussure im Diskurs der romanistischen Linguistik.Die Studie entwickelt sogleich eine diskursanalytische Methode, die geeignet ist, Verweise in wissenschaftlichen Texten auf ihr Potential hin zu untersuchen, bestimmte Akteure des Diskurses aufzuzeigen und die Beziehungen zwischen diesen Diskursakteuren darzustellen.
