The Saussurean study on Germanic legends

ABSTRACT In this work, we aimed to expose the study carried out by Ferdinand de Saussure about the Germanic legends. The study, which comprehends 18 notebook and various separate sheets, was developed between 1903 and 1910. Therefore, it is, to some extent, concomitant to the courses in General Linguistics taught by Saussure from 1907 to 1910. This way, we investigated in which aspects Saussure’s mithografic studies are related to his theorization on General Linguistics, considering specifically the linguistic category of the proper name and the notions of arbitrariness, mutability and immutability of the sign as well as the concept of linguistic value.

摘要 本研究旨在梳理费尔迪南·德·索绪尔（Ferdinand de Saussure）有关日耳曼传说的研究工作。该项研究涵盖18册笔记与多张散页手稿，完成于1903年至1910年期间。就此而言，其在一定程度上与索绪尔1907年至1910年讲授的普通语言学（General Linguistics）课程内容相契合。据此，本研究探讨了索绪尔的神话研究与他的普通语言学理论之间的关联，具体考察了专有名词（proper name）这一语言学范畴，以及符号的任意性（arbitrariness）、可变性（mutability）与不变性（immutability）等核心概念，同时纳入语言价值（linguistic value）这一关键概念展开分析。