The theoretical fecundity of the concept of relation in the delimitation between synchrony and diachrony: an analysis of Saussure's manuscripts

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1984-8412.2017v14n2p2027

This work aims at analyzing the theoretical place occupied by the notion of relation in the distinction between synchrony and diachrony established formulated by the Swiss linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure, who is believed to be the founder of Modern Linguistics, stem from his   manuscript notes in the late 19th century. Therefore, we propose an analysis of Notes pour un livre sur la linguistiquegénérale 19f.- presumably notes for the General Linguistics book promised by Saussure in a letter to Meillet in 1984 - in order to demonstrate the theoretical productivity of the relational concept  in the Swiss linguist’s elaboration, which led  language studies to the fundamental distinction between synchrony and diachrony. this fundamental distinction.