Geneva School

In LINGUISTICS, the name given to those who have developed the views of Ferdinand de Saussure, who taught linguistics at the University of Geneva between 1906 and 1911. Scholars such as Charles Bally (1865–1947) have expounded Saussurean theories and applied them to several new areas, e.g. literary LANGUAGE.

In language ACQUISITION, the name given to those who have developed the views of the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896–1980). Particular attention has been paid to experimental techniques designed to extend Piaget’s observations on LANGUAGE development in children to a wider range of DATA and CONTEXTS in a wider range of languages.