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  <title><![CDATA[Course in General Linguistics (Open Court Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1964</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roy Harris]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ferdinand de Saussure]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[From another online forum a while ago:<br/><br/><strong>Q:</strong> I’ve recently become particulary interested in structural linguistics, more specifically laryngeal theory. I’m wondering if anyone has read something on why the original laryngeals have disappeared? ...assuming they existed, of course.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31547737">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short of calling it a pioneer text, it's difficult to really say much else about Saussure's Course in General Linguistics.  As dated as most of the ideas contained within this book are, most of them stand as the founding concepts of linguistics, semiotics, and structuralism.  Or, a more grammaticall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31486652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44270515">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very clear (despite some translation inconsistencies, apparently) outline of semiotics and the structure of language. Though not really how linguistics works anymore, a very useful book if you're at all interested in understanding how signs work. Plus the influence of Saussure on other humanities ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44270515">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75569126">
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 24 03:55:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The BIG book for linguist: if you want to start as linguist, this book is a must to read. It explain the entity of language: langue vs parole.]]></body>
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    <review id="75758607">
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    <body><![CDATA[don't let the name fool you, only about language in name.  basics of structuralism, not worth the price tag, use wiki instead.]]></body>
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    <review id="54993162">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read this book when I was in A.M course in 2001. It is very useful book for linguists and learners of English Language.]]></body>
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    <review id="65524521">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I get it, and I get its importance, but this was so far over my head. I'm not ashamed to admit it. ;)]]></body>
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    <review id="51554568">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome look at Saussurean structuralism.  Sign = Signified/Signifier.  Learn it, love it, live it.]]></body>
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    <review id="40414444">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know it's a classic, but it is tedious. I read it under duress. ]]></body>
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    <review id="63813886">
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    <body><![CDATA[It's <em>Saussure</em>. What more do you need to know?]]></body>
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    <review id="44102391">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[the bible of structuralist linguistics]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 25 05:00:16 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It changed since the last time I read it?]]></body>
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    <review id="19172357">
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  <read_at>Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic piece of mind-revolutionizing theory--i actually was introduced to Saussure through course work at uni. But I went and read this entire book for a project later. The ideas Saussure puts forth in his thinking about language are foundational to post-structural thinking. Grasping his framewor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19172357">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10508477">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone interested in sturcturalism or semiotics]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The classic study of the subject. A worthwhile investment for anyone interested in questions about how language works. Of note: the Baskin versus the Harris translation is a difficult problem to solve. Each succeeds the other at certain points in their renderings. If possible, my recommendation woul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10508477">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4449964">
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure how I feel about Saussure; he's often credited with distinguishing between referents and their signifiers but he wasn't the only one at his time making this argument (e.g., Frege).  I find him particularly obscure on the process by which we understand names.  Nonetheless, he's an engagi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4449964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A surprisingly readable text from the Grandfather of modern linguistics, though this might be due to the fact that its a compilation of notes from his students rather than an intended text from his own hand.  It's out of date, but it's importance to the field cannot be overstated.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Considering how little I know about Linguistics as a discipline, the book's only moderately difficult to follow. Glad to know more about Linguistics and Structuralism, but I have to admit I'm even more glad to put the book away for a while.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Before you read anything on 20th century philosophy, you simply must read this.  There is probably not a single field of study that has not been at least indirectly influenced by this book.  Seriously.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best thing that ever happened to me in high school was be forced to read this.]]></body>
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