A key text in structuralism. From the Introduction by Barthes: "In his Course in General Linguistics, first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part. Semiology, therefore aims to take in any system of signs, whatever their substance and limits; images, gestures, musical sounds, objects, and the complex associations of all these, which form the content of ritual, convention or public entertainment: these constitute, if not languages, at least systems of signification . . . The Elements here presented have as their sole aim the extraction from linguistics of analytical concepts which we think a priori to be sufficiently general to start semiological research on its way."

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SUMÁRIO:

[007] - Nota de Comunicación.
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[013] - Introducción.
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[017] - Lengua y Habla.
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[037] - Significado y Significante.
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[059] - Sintagma y Sistema.
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[089] - Denotación y Connotación.
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[097] - Conclusión.
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