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Ferdinand de Saussure: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born November 26, 1857 • Geneva • Switzerland
Died February 22, 1913 (aged 55) • Switzerland
Notable Works “Mémoire sur le système primitif des voyelles dans les langues indo-européennes”
Subjects Of Study linguistics • structural linguistics • Indo-European languages • langue • parole

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Ferdinand de Saussure seated in a formal pose, wearing a dark suit with a vest and sporting a thick mustache, circa 1900.
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