(1857–1913), Swiss linguistics scholar. He was one of the founders of modern linguistics and his work is fundamental to the development of structuralism. Saussure made a distinction between langue and parole, and stressed that linguistic study should focus on the former.
Definition of Saussure, Ferdinand de in US English:
Saussure, Ferdinand de
proper noun-ˈsYr
(1857–1913), Swiss linguistics scholar. He was one of the founders of modern linguistics, and his work was fundamental to the development of structuralism.