Ferdinand de Saussure: The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.

The business, task or object of the scientific study of languages will if possible be 1) to trace the history of all known languages. Naturally this is possible only to a very limited extent and for very few languages.

-- Ferdinand de Saussure


		Name: Ferdinand de Saussure Type: Educator Nationality: Swiss Birth: November 26, 1857 Death: February 22, 1913

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