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Professor Holdcroft's book expounds and elaborates Saussure's central ideas ' that the primary object in studying a language is the state of that language at a particular time ' a so-called synchronic study. It also offers a critical assessment of them, arguing that many of Saussure's claims are either questionable or have been misunderstood.Holdcroft, David is the author of 'Saussure Signs, System and Arbitrariness' with ISBN 9780521326186 and ISBN 0521326184.
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