Problems in General Linguistics: An Expanded Edition, Volume 1 (Paperback)

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By Émile Benveniste, Roland Barthes (Preface by), Jordan K. Skinner (Introduction by), Mary Elizabeth Meek (Translated by), Jordan K. Skinner (Editor)
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First published fifty years ago, Émile Benveniste’s two-volume Problèmes de linguistique générale revolutionized the study of linguistics and remains among the most influential texts in the field. This expanded edition of the first volume presents the original English translation by Mary Elizabeth Meek, produced in close collaboration with Benveniste himself, along with his hitherto untranslated articles on play, translation, singular and plural forms, and Indigenous North American languages. These works are contextualized by an introduction by editor Jordan K. Skinner and a preface by Roland Barthes. 

This new edition will delight linguists and philosophers already familiar with Benveniste and introduce his work to a new generation of students. Benveniste studies are going through an enthusiastic revival in Europe; after reading this book, readers elsewhere will understand why.

About the Author


Émile Benveniste (1902–1976) was a French linguist and semiotician who taught at the Collège de France until 1969. He is the author of many works on language, including Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society, also published by HAU Books. With Claude Lévi-Strauss and Pierre Gourou, he cofounded the anthropological journal L’Homme

Jordan K. Skinner is a doctoral student in the English Department at Princeton University, where he works on medieval literature, the history of philosophy, and philosophies of language. He is an active member of the Benveniste Circle at the University of Calgary.

Mary Elizabeth Meek was professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. She edited, translated, and annotated Guido Delle Colonne’s Historia Destructionis Troiae and coedited Twelve Dancing Princesses, a volume of fairy tales.

Jordan K. Skinner is a doctoral student in the English Department at Princeton University, where he works on medieval literature, the history of philosophy, and philosophies of language. He is an active member of the Benveniste Circle at the University of Calgary.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781912808618
ISBN-10: 1912808617
Publisher: HAU
Publication Date: May 5th, 2024
Pages: 350