Charles Bally
Charles Bally (born February 4, 1865 in Geneva ; † April 10, 1947 there ) was a Swiss linguist . He was a student of Ferdinand de Saussure and belonged to the structuralist Geneva School he founded .
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Bally played an important role in the edition of Saussure's epoch-making Cours de linguistique générale . A critical review of this work has shown that parts do not come from Saussure himself, but from the editing students Bally and Albert Sechehaye and possibly reflect their thinking more than Saussure's.
Bally dealt in his own work with questions of style , especially French , and developed Saussure's concept of arbitrariness .
In addition, he campaigned for the employment of linguists with world auxiliary languages (see also International Auxiliary Language Association ).
Fonts (selection)
- Traité de stylistique française (1909)
- Linguistique générale et linguistique française (1932)
- L'arbitraire you signe. Valeur et signification (1940)
literature
- Bibliographie chronologique des publications de Charles Bally (February 2, 1865 - April 10, 1947), in: Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure 36, 1982, pp. 25-42.
- Wilhelm Hellmann: Charles Bally. Early work, reception, bibliography . Romanistic publishing house, Bonn 1988.
- Sylvie Durrer: Introduction à la linguistique de Charles Bally . Lausanne 1998.
Web links
- Publications by and about Charles Bally in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Eug. Wiblé: Necrology for Charles Bally . In: Vox Romanica , Vol. 9, 1947, pp. 402-405.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 1, page 123
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bally, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1947 |
| Place of death | Geneva |