"Introduction to General Linguistics" Close Reading

Author: Shen Xiaolong
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The Introduction to General Linguistics is compiled based on the records of three lectures on general linguistics given by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure at the University of Geneva from 1907 to 1911. It was edited and published by Saussure's students in 1916 after his death. The book proposes a set of new theories and methods marked by "structuralism" and "semiotics," which have had a significant impact on the development of modern linguistics and semiotics. The series of fundamental theoretical categories it establishes have become the standard language for 20th-century linguistic research and even humanistic studies. This textbook is the lecture notes for the Advanced Reading course at the Department of Chinese, Fudan University. The editor uses the Chinese translation of Saussure's Introduction to General Linguistics as the reading material, guiding students through the original text chapter by chapter, conducting in-depth and meticulous reflections and organization on a series of theoretical issues in the book, and facilitating classroom discussions. The aim is to achieve new, creative insights into the nature, structure, function, and research methods of human language, particularly Chinese and Chinese characters.