The first of these phases is that of grammar, invented by the Greeks and carried on unchanged by the French. It never had any philosophical view of a language as such.
-- Ferdinand de Saussure
   
Ferdinand de Saussure   Name:
Ferdinand de Saussure
Type:
Educator
Nationality:
Swiss
Birth:
November 26, 1857
Death:
February 22, 1913
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