INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS - MAJOR SCHOOLS OF LINGUISTIC STUDY
Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure is sometimes though of as the father of modern linguistics. Although Saussure was well known in his lifetime for his work in the history of Indo-European, his most influential work was not published until after his death when some of his students got together and, on the basis of their lecture notes, reconstructed the course in linguistics that he had taught in Geneva. The Cours de linguistique générale (Saussure 1969 [1916]) became one of the key texts in linguistics, and ushered in the era of structuralism. Which we might argue continues today. Saussure says there are two sides to generally used in English, they language: langue and parole. While the French terms are sometimes translated as language and speech respectively, though not without some danger of ambiguity. We have Functionalism, Gestalt psychology, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism. Humanistic Psychology and Cognitivism as well to understand this concept.
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS & PHONETICS - MAJOR SCHOOLS OF LINGUISTIC STUDY