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FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE

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Overview

FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE (noun)
  The noun FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE has 1 sense:

1. Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)play

  Familiarity information: FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

de Saussure; Ferdinand de Saussure; Saussure

Instance hypernyms:

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)


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