Editing Logocentrism (section)

== Saussure ==
[[Ferdinand de Saussure]] (1857–1913), it is claimed by Derrida, follows this logocentric line of thought in the development of his [[linguistic sign]] and its terminology. Where the word remains known as the whole sign, the unification of concept and sound-image becomes the unification of the signified and the signifier respectively.<ref>(Derrida, p. 31)</ref> The signifier is then composed of an indivisible sound and image whereby the graphic form of the sign is exterior.

According to Saussure in his ''[[Course in General Linguistics]]'', "The linguistic object is not defined by the combination of the written word and the spoken word: the spoken form alone constitutes the object."<ref>(Derrida, p. 31)</ref> Language has, he writes, "an oral tradition that is independent of writing."<ref>(Derrida, p. 30)</ref>