Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (born 1857)

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)

Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century. He is widely considered one of the founders of 20th-century linguistics and one of…