speech community (origin of the concept)

[Alexandre Enkerli]

> Surely the concept is already present in Saussure's writings - and is
> at the
> base of the Grimm's idea of nationhood?
And similar ideas are present in Herder. But isn't this more closely
describing a "linguistic community" instead of a speech community?

Alexandre Enkerli
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Indiana University