Quote by: Ferdinand de Saussure

It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time.


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  • NameFerdinand de Saussure
  • DescriptionSwiss linguist
  • BornNovember 26, 1857
  • DiedFebruary 22, 1913
  • CountrySwitzerland
  • ProfessionLinguist; Educationist