Table of contents:

Introduction: Saussure and His Contexts; Course in General Linguistics; Translator's Introduction; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction;

Chapter I.A Glance at the History of Linguistics;

Chapter II. Subject Matter and Scope of Linguistics; Its Relations with Other Sciences;

Chapter III. The Object of Linguistics;

Chapter IV. Linguistics of Language and Linguistics of Speaking;

Chapter V. Internal and External Elements of Language;

Chapter VI. Graphic Representation of Language.

Chapter VII. Phonology;

Appendix: Principles of Phonology;

Chapter I. Phonological Species;

Chapter II. Phonemes in the Spoken Chain; Part One: General Principles;

Chapter I. Nature of the Linguistic Sign;
Chapter II. Immutability and Mutability of the Sign;
Chapter III. Static and Evolutionary Linguistics;
Part Two: Synchronic Linguistics;
Chapter I. Generalities;
Chapter II. The Concrete Entities of Language;
Chapter III. Identities, Realities, Values;
Chapter IV. Linguistic Value;
Chapter V. Syntagmatic and Associative Relations;
Chapter VI. Mechanism of Language.
Chapter VII. Grammar and Its Subdivisions;
Chapter VIII. Role of Abstract Entities in Grammar;
Part Three: Diachronic Linguistics;
Chapter I. Generalities;
Chapter II. Phonetic Changes;
Chapter III. Grammatical Consequences of Phonetic Evolution; Chapter IV. Analogy;
Chapter V. Analogy and Evolution;
Chapter VI. Folk Etymology;
Chapter VII. Agglutination;
Chapter VIII. Diachronic Unities, Identities, and Realities;

Appendices to Parts Three and Four; Part Four: Geographical Linguistics;
Chapter I. Concerning the Diversity of Languages;
Chapter II. Complication of Geographical Diversity.
Chapter III. Causes of Geographical Diversity;
Chapter IV. Spread of Linguistic Waves;
Part Five: Concerning Retrospective Linguistics;
Chapter I. The Two Perspectives of Diachronic Linguistics; Chapter II. The Oldest Language and the Prototype;
Chapter III. Reconstructions;
Chapter IV. The Contribution of Language to Anthropology and Prehistory;
Chapter V. Language Families and Linguistic Types; Errata; Notes; Works Cited;
Index.