claim: A staging area is a location where organisms are gathered before use.
evidence: Course in General Linguistics -LRB- Cours de linguistique generale -RRB- is a book compiled by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye from notes on lectures given by Ferdinand de Saussure at the University of Geneva between 1906 and 1911 .. Ferdinand de Saussure. Ferdinand de Saussure. Charles Bally. Charles Bally. Albert Sechehaye. Albert Sechehaye. University of Geneva. University of Geneva. It was published in 1916 , after Saussure 's death , and is generally regarded as the starting point of structural linguistics , an approach to linguistics that flourished in Europe and the United States in the first half of the 20th century .. structural linguistics. structural linguistics. linguistics. linguistics. One of Saussure 's translators , Roy Harris , summarized Saussure 's contribution to linguistics and the study of language in the following way  :. Roy Harris. Roy Harris ( linguist ). linguistics. linguistics. Although Saussure was specifically interested in historical linguistics , the Course develops a theory of semiotics that is more generally applicable .. linguistics. linguistics. historical linguistics. historical linguistics. semiotics. semiotics. A manuscript containing Saussure 's original notes was found in 1996 , and later published as Writings in General Linguistics .