In Search of Panchrony: Saussure versus Cognitive Linguistics

The notion of panchrony is discussed in the context on-going polarization between structurally- and functionally-oriented linguistic paradigms. two radically divergent conceptions are thus surveyed, as envisaged by, respectively, Saussure cognitive linguistics. As not yet a widely accepted research paradigm, it suggested that while functionalists seem to be still search an appropriate understanding panchrony, some lesson what functionally-driven should can derived from critical reading Saussure’s original proposal. It concluded long linguists hold language symbolic interactive, must attempted terms universals, for Saussure, but functional such experiential patterns behaviour.