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Course in General Linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure Edited by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye In collaboration with Albert Riedlinger Translated, with an introduction and notes by Wade Baskin m S9(6) McGraw-Hill Book Company New York Toronto London PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION phonetic changes, for example, includes things that have been said before, and perhaps more definitively; but, aside from the I NTRODUCTION fact that this part contains many valuable and original details, even a superficial reading will show to what extent its omission would detract from an understanding of the principles upon which F. de Saussure erects his system of static linguistics. Chapter I We are aware of our responsibility to our critics. We are also aware of our responsibility to the author, who probably would not A GLANCE AT THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS have authorized the publication of these pages. This responsibility we accept wholly, and we would willingly bear it alone. Will the critics be able to distinguish between the The science that has been developed around the facts of language teacher and his interpreters? We would be grateful to them if they passed through three stages bef