Based on prior researches, and concerning the relationship between time and language, this paper makes a comment on conception of time in Saussure sA Course in General Linguistics.

本文在前人研究成果的基础之上，结合时间和语言研究的关系，评述索绪尔《普通语言学教程》的时间观。

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