It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

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In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.

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Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law.

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Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

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Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a prime conservative force.

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A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas.

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Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.

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The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.

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Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.

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A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs.

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