--- product_id: 4087472 title: "Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics)" price: "₹ 3252" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/4087472-course-in-general-linguistics-open-court-classics store_origin: IN region: India --- # Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics) **Price:** ₹ 3252 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics) - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 3252 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/4087472-course-in-general-linguistics-open-court-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Cours de linguistique generale, reconstructed from students' notes after Saussure's death in 1913, founded modern linguistic theory by breaking the study of language free from a merely historical and comparativist approach. Saussure's new method, now known as Structuralism, has since been applied to such diverse areas as art, architecture, folklore, literary criticism, and philosophy. Review: Edition and translation info - Hopefully, there will come a day when desertcart reviewers will learn that works universally considered classic or foundational (like Saussure's) do not require reviews of their content, as the irrelevance of the opinions of Hank the English major or Jane the accountant regarding those works restrict the potential use-value of their reviews to whatever inadvertent amusement they might provide readers searching for information with which to evaluate the various editions or translations. That said, do not be fooled into buying the cheaper 'Open Court Classics' edition of the 'Cours', in a translation by Roy Harris. For most purposes, the Columbia University Press edition, a 2011 revision of the classic Wade Baskin translation by Perry Meisel, is best. Unfortunately, that is also why it is more than double the price. An example: Compare p.67 of the Open Court Harris translation with p.67 of the Columbia Meisel edition: In the former, the sign is divided into 'signal' and 'signification', whereas in the latter, the sign is divided into 'signifier' and 'signified'. While one may debate the relative virtues of these terminologies, the latter is almost universally used and recognized, while I for one have never heard anyone utter the former. Certainly, anyone reading this work for the first time would benefit from encountering it in the same terms as their disciplinary peers. Review: beautiful! - very nice book, very good conditions ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #139,284 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #118 in Linguistics Reference #233 in Philosophy Movements (Books) #580 in Language Study & Reference (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 101 Reviews | ## Images ![Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UR0BzDKfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edition and translation info *by R***R on September 1, 2013* Hopefully, there will come a day when Amazon reviewers will learn that works universally considered classic or foundational (like Saussure's) do not require reviews of their content, as the irrelevance of the opinions of Hank the English major or Jane the accountant regarding those works restrict the potential use-value of their reviews to whatever inadvertent amusement they might provide readers searching for information with which to evaluate the various editions or translations. That said, do not be fooled into buying the cheaper 'Open Court Classics' edition of the 'Cours', in a translation by Roy Harris. For most purposes, the Columbia University Press edition, a 2011 revision of the classic Wade Baskin translation by Perry Meisel, is best. Unfortunately, that is also why it is more than double the price. An example: Compare p.67 of the Open Court Harris translation with p.67 of the Columbia Meisel edition: In the former, the sign is divided into 'signal' and 'signification', whereas in the latter, the sign is divided into 'signifier' and 'signified'. While one may debate the relative virtues of these terminologies, the latter is almost universally used and recognized, while I for one have never heard anyone utter the former. Certainly, anyone reading this work for the first time would benefit from encountering it in the same terms as their disciplinary peers. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ beautiful! *by A***A on November 19, 2021* very nice book, very good conditions ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Part of philosophy of science ! Amazing book! 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