What if Derrida was wrong about Saussure?
By: Russell Daylight
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780748641970
Subjects: Linguistics; Structuralism; Strukturelle Linguistik; Poststructuralism; Strukturalismus
Description: This book is an examination of Derrida's philosophical reconstruction of Saussurean linguistics, of the paradigm shift from structuralism to post-structuralism, and of the consequences that continue to resonate in every field of the humanities today.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. [189]-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: Classical semiology; title: The originality of Saussure; title: The concept of the sign; title: Writing, speech, and the voice; title: The sign as representation; title: Linguistic identity; title: The sign and time; title: The horizon of language; title: Conclusion; title: List of works by Derrida and Saussure.