Title: Re-Reading Saussure
First published: December 6, 1996
Description: Through a detailed re-reading of Saussure's work in the light of contemporary developments in the human, life and physical sciences, Paul Thibault provides us with the means to re-define and re-focus our theories of social meaning-making.

Saussure's theory of language is generally considered to be a formal theory of abstract sign-types and systems, separate from our individual and social practices of making meaning. In this challenging book, Thibault presents a different view of Saussure. Paying close attention to the original texts, including Cours de linguistique generale, he demonstrates that Saussure was centrally concerned with trying to formulate a theory of how meanings are made.

Re-reading Saussure does more than simply engage with Saussure's theory in a new and up-to-date way. In addition to demonstrating the continuing viability of Saussure's thinking through a range of examples, it makes an important intervention in contemporary linguistic and semiotic debate.
Subjects: Language and languages, Linguistics, Philosophy, Semiotics, Social aspects, Social aspects of Semiotics, Language and languages, philosophy, Critique et interprétation, Langage et langues, Philosophie, Linguistique, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Vocabulary, REFERENCE, Word Lists, Semiotiek, Sociale aspecten, Linguistica, Sémiotique, Philosophie du langage
People: Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913)
LC classification: P85.S18 T48 1997