NativLang | What are (linguistic) nothings? ~ Reading comments and studying Saussure together @NativLang | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
My last animation about why linguists believe in invisible words was captivating, also confusing. Let me consider your feedback and try once more. Join me and we'll study zeros again.

~ Links mentioned this time ~
Sources for this video: docs.google.com/document/d/1_duCLZZVbNwpENJXCQJ6nWd2BWK_8-MZxDDzwdRhS3w
Support impacted people: docs.google.com/document/d/1ywiOfzN5FZt2sh7s3V8EfCB54vUoHg4iA1VevAxgZeU/#heading=h.8iwaseaw0ce6
Saussure in French:
fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Cours_de_linguistique_générale/Texte_entier
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k314842j/f107
Saussure in English:
archive.org/details/courseingenerall00saus

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~ Briefly ~
Today we do two things together. First, let's look at the love and confusion expressed in your comments on "Zeros", and let me add a bit of thoughtful commentary. Two, we'll read what Saussure had to say about those unpronounced but meaningful signs we met in "Zeros". All along the way, instead of explaining things to you, I'll animate our study time as we learn and read and think through this together.

~ Credits ~
Art, animation, narration and music by me. Other credits linked in sources document above (relinked here):
docs.google.com/document/d/1_duCLZZVbNwpENJXCQJ6nWd2BWK_8-MZxDDzwdRhS3w