Ferdinand de Saussure And Avram Noam Chomsky 蒯红月、张颖、卢露、辛前进、周 宇、裴英杰

Ferdinand de Saussure ( ) Ferdinand de Saussure ( ) was a Swiss linguist who occupies an important place in the history of linguistics. He was the pivotal figure in the transition from the 19th to 20th century, and is generally considered the founder of modern linguistics.

Ferdinand de Saussure ( ) Course in General Linguistics 《普通语言学教程》 It was posthumously published in It is considered Saussure’s most influential work. His ideas in this book leave a monumental impact. "A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas." -Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure ( ) a) He was born in Geneva, in 1857, Switzerland. b) By age 15, he had learned Greek, French, German,English, and Latin. c) At the age of 21, Saussure studied for a year in Berlin, where he wrote his only full- length work. d) He returned to Leipzig and was awarded his doctorate in 1880.

Ferdinand de Saussure ( ) e) Afterwards he relocated to Paris, where he would lecture on ancient and modern languages for eleven years. f) In living in Geneva, teaching Sanskrit and historical linguistics, he married there and had two sons. f) It was not until 1906 that Saussure began teaching Course in General Linguistics that would consume the greater part of his

Ferdinand de Saussure ( ) attention until his death in Saussure’s answers to these questions serve to direct our attention to essentials of Language and make clear the object of study for linguistics as a science. In short, all linguistic studies after him are Saussurean linguistics.

Avram Noam Chomsky Chomsky( born December 7, 1928 ) has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and a major figure of analytic philosophy.His work has influenced fields such as computer science, mathematics, and psychology.

Avram Noam Chomsky a)In early 1969, he delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford University; b)In January 1970, the Bertrand Russell Memorial Lecture at University of Cambridge; c)In 1972, the Nehru Memorial Lecture in New Delhi; d)In 1977, the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden;

Avram Noam Chomsky e)In 1988 the Massey Lectures at the University of Toronto, titled "Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies"; f)In 1997, The Davie Memorial Lecture on Academic Freedom in Cape Town, and many others.

Avram Noam Chomsky Syntactic Structures (1957) 《句法结构》 Current Issues in Linguistic Theory(1964) 《当前语言学中的争端》 Aspects of the Theory of Syntax(1965) 《句 法理论的若干问题》 Language and Mind(1968) 《语言和心灵》 Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar (1972) 《生成语法的语义学研究 》 Reflections on Language （ 1975 《语言论 》

Avram Noam Chomsky LAD—language acquisition devices Chomsky believes that language is somewhat innate, and that children are born with what he calls a LANGUAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE(LAD), which is a unique kind of knowledge that fits them for language learning.

Avram Noam Chomsky Chomsky argues that LAD probably consists of three elements: a hypothesis-maker, linguistic universal, and an evaluation procedure.

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