Faraway on Nostr: Ferdinand de Saussure, in his book "Cours de Linguistique Générale," wrote about ...

Ferdinand de Saussure, in his book "Cours de Linguistique Générale," wrote about the possibility of establishing a science of semiotics, the study of signs and symbols in society. In this passage, Saussure suggests that such a science would be a part of social psychology and general psychology, and that it would study the composition and regulation of symbols. He notes that this science does not yet exist, but he believes it has the right to exist and that its place has already been predetermined. Saussure also argues that linguistics is only a part of this larger science, and that the laws of semiotics will eventually be applied to linguistics, making it a very specific area within the realm of human facts.