Translation of Cours de linguistique générale.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Editor'sIntroduction, Roy Harris \ Introduction \ I. A Brief Survey of theHistory of Linguistics \ II. Data and Aims of Linguistics: Connexions withRelated Sciences \ III. The Object of Study \ IV. Linguistics of LanguageStructure and Linguistics of Speech \ V. Internal and External Elements of aLanguage \ VI Representation of a Language by Writing \ VII. PhysiologicalPhonetics \ Appendix: Principles ofPhysiological Phonetics \ I. Sound Types \ II. Sounds in Spoken Sequences \Part One: General Principles \ I.Nature of the Linguistic Sign \ II. Invariability and Variability of the Sign \III. Static Linguistics and Evolutionary Linguistics \ Part Two: Synchronic Linguistics \ I. General Observations \ II.Concrete Entities of a Language \ III. Identities, Realities, Values \ IV.Linguistic Value \ V. Syntagmatic Relations and Associative Relations \ VI. TheLanguage Mechanism \ VII. Grammar and Its Subdivisions \ VIII. AbstractEntities in Grammar \ Part Three:Diachronic Linguistics \ I. General Observations \ II. Sound Changes \ III.Grammatical Consequences of Phonetic Evolution \ IV. Analogy \ V. Analogy andEvolution \ VI. Popular Etymology \ VII. Agglutination \ VIII. Diachronic Units,Identities and Realities \ Appendices \ PartFour: Geographical Linguistics \ I. On the Diversity of Languages \ II.Geographical Diversity: Its Complexity \ III. Causes of Geographical Diversity\ IV. Propagation of Linguistic Waves \ PartFive: Questions of Retrospective Linguistics - Conclusion \ I. The TwoPerspectives of Diachronic Linguistics \ II. Earliest Languages and Prototypes\ III. Reconstructions \ IV. Linguistic Evidence in Anthropology and Prehistory\ V. Language Families and Linguistic Types \ Index.

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