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The famous Serbian linguist and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Yugoslav linguistics, in this book continues her series of "Linguistic Reflections" – lucid, erudite essays that combine general linguistics, the Serbian language, and cul
In his lecture Linguistics and Poetics, Russian-American linguist Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) explores the relationship between language and literature, arguing that poetics is a subdivision of linguistics that deals with what makes a verbal message a work
Ranko Bugarski, a distinguished linguist, in his book Language and Linguistics provides a clear and accessible overview of basic linguistic terms and methods.
In Culture and Communication, Edmund Leach explores social relations through language, rituals, and symbols. He connects anthropology with communication theory, showing culture as a system of meaning that shapes human behavior.
The book Opšta lingvistika or General Course in Linguistics (1916, compiled posthumously from the lectures of the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, 1857–1913) represents the foundation of structuralism and modern linguistics.
In the book, Todorov examines the relationship between the production of discourse (rhetoric) and its interpretation (hermeneutics), focusing on verbal symbolism – the phenomenon of indirect meaning that builds on direct, literal meaning.