Saussure

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Professor Laursen,

Professor Nikolai Krushevsky (The University of Kazan') had developed  
some ideas that influenced Saussure. His thesis suggesting that  
language contains a system of signs was already formularted in the  
1870s and was known to Saussure. (You could look at this site for some  
biographical information: http//:dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki/321405 )
I also suspect that Prince Volkonsky knew Saussure's work. His 1913  
book "Vyrazitel'nyi chelovek" contains a lot of ideas on semiotics  
that are akin to Saussure.

All best,
Alexandra Smith


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
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e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk




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