Ferdinand DesaussureFerdinand de Saussure was the Maitre de Conferences at the Ecole Practique de Hautes Etudes in Paris and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Geneva. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig, where he studied Indo-European laguages. Ferdinand de Saussure's influence can be seen in linguistics, literary theory, philosophy and the social sciences. Read More Read Less