Saussure, the greatest linguist in the 20^(th) century, is the founder of modern linguistics, semiology as well as structuralism linguistics. Moreover, his ideas have have influenced a great number of linguists in the...Saussure, the greatest linguist in the 20^(th) century, is the founder of modern linguistics, semiology as well as structuralism linguistics. Moreover, his ideas have have influenced a great number of linguists in the last ninety years. This paper aims to present and comment on some of his ideas in one of this masterworks—Course in General Linguistics. In the end, the author proposes some suggestions for further study.展开更多
Under the social background of application-oriented transformation of local colleges and universities,the construction of linguistics course for English majors in Tibetan ethnic colleges should actively adapt to the r...Under the social background of application-oriented transformation of local colleges and universities,the construction of linguistics course for English majors in Tibetan ethnic colleges should actively adapt to the requirements of the times,update the teaching concept,take application as orientation,take combination of language theory and language practice as the principle,take interlinguistic study as the basic content and focus on language acquisition and second language teaching of extralinguistic study.In view of the existing problems in this course,the reform should take the following aspects into consideration:redefining the training objectives,finding out the course orientation,revising the teaching contents,improving the teaching methods,enriching the teaching means,reforming the evaluation methods,enhancing the teaching practice,strengthening the construction of the teaching staff and the construction of the course resources,to make the linguistic theoretical courses related to and guide students’language learning practice,to make it close to and be applied in students’daily life,to prepare students to be future teachers or researchers and most importantly to train qualified application-oriented English teachers for ethnic areas in Tibet.展开更多
Course in General Linguistics (1916) is an indispensable “Great Book” in the contemporary canon of ideas.This foundational text laid out an innovative research program in contemporary semiotics and it led to the dev...Course in General Linguistics (1916) is an indispensable “Great Book” in the contemporary canon of ideas.This foundational text laid out an innovative research program in contemporary semiotics and it led to the development of structuralist methods in the humanities.Recent developments in Saussurean scholarship offer multiple venues for developing a critical perspective on this programmatic text.Specifically,the materials from the linguist’s Nachlass (works unpublished or unexhibited at Saussure’s death,some of them recently discovered) challenge the official doctrine associated with the Course (a posthumous redaction published in 1916 and attributed to Saussure who died in 1913) and with structural linguistics (a “return to Saussure” in the 1950s and 60s France).The official doctrine maps language onto a set of hierarchical oppositions between la langue and la parole,and synchrony and diachrony.According to Saussure’s own writings,language intersects structure with speech,and stability with temporal change (Saussure,2006;Stawarska,2020,2015).Instead of a vertical dualism elevating the synchronous structure (the presumed proper object of study in scientific linguistics) above the evolving patterns of use,we find that language has a “double essence” (Saussure,2006,p.144) and it exists equally in the present and in the past;furthermore,duality is a “first and last” principle in general linguistics (p.3).This inescapable duality is rendered more concrete in this essay by studying linguistic creativity,specifically,innovation by analogy.展开更多
文摘Saussure, the greatest linguist in the 20^(th) century, is the founder of modern linguistics, semiology as well as structuralism linguistics. Moreover, his ideas have have influenced a great number of linguists in the last ninety years. This paper aims to present and comment on some of his ideas in one of this masterworks—Course in General Linguistics. In the end, the author proposes some suggestions for further study.
文摘Under the social background of application-oriented transformation of local colleges and universities,the construction of linguistics course for English majors in Tibetan ethnic colleges should actively adapt to the requirements of the times,update the teaching concept,take application as orientation,take combination of language theory and language practice as the principle,take interlinguistic study as the basic content and focus on language acquisition and second language teaching of extralinguistic study.In view of the existing problems in this course,the reform should take the following aspects into consideration:redefining the training objectives,finding out the course orientation,revising the teaching contents,improving the teaching methods,enriching the teaching means,reforming the evaluation methods,enhancing the teaching practice,strengthening the construction of the teaching staff and the construction of the course resources,to make the linguistic theoretical courses related to and guide students’language learning practice,to make it close to and be applied in students’daily life,to prepare students to be future teachers or researchers and most importantly to train qualified application-oriented English teachers for ethnic areas in Tibet.
文摘Course in General Linguistics (1916) is an indispensable “Great Book” in the contemporary canon of ideas.This foundational text laid out an innovative research program in contemporary semiotics and it led to the development of structuralist methods in the humanities.Recent developments in Saussurean scholarship offer multiple venues for developing a critical perspective on this programmatic text.Specifically,the materials from the linguist’s Nachlass (works unpublished or unexhibited at Saussure’s death,some of them recently discovered) challenge the official doctrine associated with the Course (a posthumous redaction published in 1916 and attributed to Saussure who died in 1913) and with structural linguistics (a “return to Saussure” in the 1950s and 60s France).The official doctrine maps language onto a set of hierarchical oppositions between la langue and la parole,and synchrony and diachrony.According to Saussure’s own writings,language intersects structure with speech,and stability with temporal change (Saussure,2006;Stawarska,2020,2015).Instead of a vertical dualism elevating the synchronous structure (the presumed proper object of study in scientific linguistics) above the evolving patterns of use,we find that language has a “double essence” (Saussure,2006,p.144) and it exists equally in the present and in the past;furthermore,duality is a “first and last” principle in general linguistics (p.3).This inescapable duality is rendered more concrete in this essay by studying linguistic creativity,specifically,innovation by analogy.
