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Jeu D’échecs

Ferdinand de Saussure FR

The comparison of language to a game of chess, in which the significance of pieces derives from their position and relations.

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The comparison of language to a game of chess, in which the significance of pieces derives from their position and relations. The analogy illustrates value and difference: what matters is not an intrinsic essence but a function determined by location within the system.