Question

A Course in General Linguistics is a work written by ___.

• A. Ferdinand de Saussure
• B. Noam Chomsky
• C. Jacques Derrida
• D. Edward Sapir

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Ferdinand de Saussure

• A Course in General Linguistics (Cours de linguistique générale) is a foundational work in modern linguistics, based on the lectures of Ferdinand de Saussure, published posthumously by his students in 1916.

• In this work, Saussure introduced key concepts like:

  • The distinction between langue (language system) and parole (speech).

  • The concepts of signifier and signified.

  • The idea that language is a system of signs.