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A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas...

Ferdinand de Saussure
Ideas, Differences, Sound
"Course in General Linguistics" by Ferdinand de Saussure, edited by Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye, translated by Wade Baskin, New York : Philosophical Library, (p. 120), 1959.
A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas...