Founder of Modern Linguistics

Founder of Modern Linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure, the founder of modern linguistics, was a professor at the University of Geneva, where he taught Sanskrit…

Location: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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Category: legendary

Ferdinand de Saussure, the founder of modern linguistics, was a professor at the University of Geneva, where he taught Sanskrit and comparative grammar. His work on the litauian phonetics was influenced by his travels to Lithuania with Friedrich Kurschat. De Saussure's ideas on linguistics were revolutionary, but he never published a book, and his work was only compiled by his students after his death.

Source: Ferdinand de Saussure

Founder of Modern Linguistics — Geneva, Canton of Zurich

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