Psychologically our thought-apart from its expression in words-is only a shapeless and indistinct mass.
Ferdinand de SaussureTime changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law
Ferdinand de SaussureA linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas...
Ferdinand de SaussureLanguage furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not a rule to which all freely consent.
Ferdinand de Saussure