Author: Valery G. Kuznetsov
Affiliation: Moscow State Linguistic University
Abstract:
The article argues that the Geneva School of Linguistics has precedence of promoting the study of discourse by formulating the basic principles and methods of the new field of research thanks to its outstanding figures Ch. Bally, A. Sechehaye, S. Karcevsky and L. Prieto, followers of F. de Saussure's linguistic theory.
Keywords: Geneva School of Linguistics, study of discourse, linguistic system, sign, functionalism,F. de Saussure’s linguistic theory.
Pages: 30-36