Ferdinand de Saussure’s theoretical movement on Phonétique and in the Genenral Linguistics Course(s)

Abstract

This article presents a research about Ferdinand de Saussure’s theoretical movement towards the phonic aspect of language in the Phonétique’s manuscript. We are guided by the idea of theoretical movement established by Silveira (2007) in order to compare what Saussure presents in his manuscript from 1881-1884 and, more than 20 years later, in his courses of General Linguistics which he taught in Geneva with regard to the phonic aspect. To accomplish that, we use Constantin’s notebook, which attended Saussure’s classes at
Geneva’s University, and the Course in General Linguistics in comparison with the manuscript’s excerpts in order to analyze how both materials approach issues about language – which later on would be part of the Modern Linguistics’ object establishment.
Keywords: Saussure. Manuscripts. Phonétique. Course in General Linguistics. Phonic aspect of the language.