Question

Which linguist shifted attention from historical studies to structural principles of language?

• A. Noam Chomsky
• B. Edward Sapir
• C. Ferdinand de Saussure
• D. Leonard Bloomfield

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure (26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) 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.