Ferdinand de Saussure: Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

Whitney wanted to eradicate the idea that in the case of a language we are dealing with a natural faculty; in fact, social institutions stand opposed to natural institutions.

-- Ferdinand de Saussure


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

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