✅ In his work Course in General Linguistics, Saussure described language as a system of signs that express ideas.
✅ According to Saussure, each sign consists of:
📝 Famous Saussure quote:
"Language is a system of signs that express ideas, and is therefore comparable to a system of writing, the alphabet of deaf-mutes, symbolic rites, polite formulas, military signals, etc."
