Ferdinand de Saussure and Structural Linguistics

A Short Introduction to the key concepts of Ferdinand de Saussure and Structural Linguistics

[natashablowers]

You've literally explained in 5 minutes what my lecturer took 3 hours to explain, this has helped me so much thank you for this!

[AsherJKlassen]

You say language is a system of differences, but how can you be Saussure?

[samuelschererz]

I understood it better in English in 5 minutes than from my teacher in my native language in over an hour. Thank you

[AlwaysLoveBlueEyes]

Very informative, thanks!
- a confused student from Humanities class

[oops]

Very nice explanation. I feel my brain has grown.

[Anna-xuqw]

Clearest explanation yet, hope you have more in the series to come!

[jamiepollard]

I'll have a lesson on Saussure tomorrow, and I feel well prepared now. thank you, good video.

[Mist_R]

and I ended up watching cat videos instead of studying, after watching this one. great..

[EduardoN]

Oh my, loved it! It has helped me a lot since I'm attending Portuguese as a major course at college. I've found the video very simple and well explained, thanks a lot.

[Voltanaut]

This was absolutely wonderful and has aided my studies beyond proclamation! Thank you so damn much!

[jamesreynolds]

Incredibly helpful for trying to make Structural Linguistics stick... thank you very much!

[KokkieSmilez]

Great video, really compact summary of what de Saussure created. Thanks for helping me understand!

[aluciabarreto]

It is a very good introduction in this complex subject.... It is clear and objective. Congrats !

[akshaypuradkar]

i'm surprised how much of the material is covered in just 5 minutes. hope to see more. maybe bloomfield's take on saussure, and then zellig, and so on. :D maybe i'm being too greedy.

[CarlosHerivelto]

LOved. I learn a lot from videos like these, i like the voice explaining and behind the photos and text and the movment. Thank very much for posting it

[perriegilmon]

I have a Linguistics exam in a week and here I am learning about completely new wow!

[JorgeGaleano]

Thanks for making this video There's a lot of text I must read for my Linguistics class, and I needed some brief introduction.

[jasmine]

Thank you! This is SO helpful. The book I'm stuck reading is a DRAG and this brought the ideas to life!

[ciprianoprea]

From my experience of learning linguistics (from Saussure) I found that the signifier is not a phisycal sound but a sound image in our brain (the brain thinks through words). In this video the signifier reffers to (the sound of the letters, it should be specified that (the sound) is not a phonetical one but something else). I find this video interesting though. (sorry for my english, I'm not a native english speaker.)

[ekonoreva]

this is a great video! short, comprehensive, and smart. thank you.