Saussure, General Linguistics and Grammaticography. Some Reflections On The Early Luso-Hispanic Reception of Saussurean Ideas
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https://doi.org/10.18364/rc.v1i55.272Abstract
This paper, following up on Bechara’s (2015) pioneering study, is a contribution to the study of the reception of Saussure’s ideas in the field of grammar writing, or grammaticography. After discussing the preliminary conditions for a study of the reception of Saussure’s conceptions, especially as to their relevance for grammar writing, the paper focuses on two cases of early reception in the Luso-Hispanic world. Following Bechara (2015), we first take a look at Manuel Said Ali’s use of Saussurean concepts in his Dificuldades da lingua portugueza (second edition of 1919) and Grammatica historica da lingua portugueza (1921, and second edition, 1931). The second case examined is that of the Catalan author Aragó i Turón, who was the first to present Saussure’s ideas to scholars and intellectuals in Spain. A brief comparative assessment is offered as a conclusion.Downloads
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