On November 26, 1857, Swiss linguist and semiotician Ferdinand de Saussure was born. His ideas laid the foundation for many significant developments both in linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century. Moreover, de Saussure is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics and together with Charles Sanders Peirce one of two major fathers of semiotics.
B. Bruce, and A. Bishop. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 45 (8):
706(May 2002)M3: Article; Bruce, Bertram C. Bishop, Ann P.; Source Info: May2002, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p706; Subject Term: LITERACY; Subject Term: LANGUAGE & languages -- Study & teaching; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611630 Language Schools; Number of Pages: 9p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 4611.