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In 1876 he went to the university of Leipzig. He received a degree of doctorate
in 1880 from that university. His thesis was on morpho syntatic topic,
The Genetic
Absolute in Sanskrit.
He was an instructor in ‘School of Advanced Studies in Paris from 1880 to
1891. There he was also a lecturer in Gothic and Old High German. He published
many papers in
Society of Linguistics in Paris. In 1891, he returned to Geneva where
he was offered a Chair in Sanskrit and comparative Indo-European philology. He studied
various types like legends of the Germanic people settled in the area, anagrams in
Greek and Latin poetry. In 1907 he gave lecture series on general linguistics. Three
times he gave lecture theories, everytime he restructured it. Here he brought in his
sign theory.
Saussure’s book revolutionied the approach towards study of language. It gave
way to synchronic study of language. He introduced concepts like
sign, signified, signifier,
langue and
parole. He laid the foundation of structuralism.
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