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Key elements of Saussure’s approach to Language, and its relevance to postmodern cultural analysis
Swiss Linguist Ferdinand de Saussure is considered the founder of modern linguistic and cultural studies. He has influenced several fields such as philosophy, anthropology and semiology. He is the linguist who revolutionized the study of Linguistics, as he outlined his theory of language, in which he suggested the need to study language in a scientific way, rather than studying it in a cultural and historic context. Saussure’s theory has helped to promote contemporary post-modern cultural studies as those who were influenced by his theory adopted his new and different approach to language study. This essay is going to explain the key elements of Saussure’s approach to language specifically represented in his theory of language, and consider his influence on postmodern cultural and linguistic studies, (Audi, 1995).
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