Have you done citation/bibliography stuff before, and it's just the vagueness of the Saussure that's throwing you? I'll give you the egg-suck version in case:
Pick a citation style and stick to it - check which your department prefers, and if no preference, there is:
Chicago
MLA
And a bunch of others. (These are brief style sheets from universities - the guides themselves are weighty things, and cover all eventualities ['citing your first cousin from pub conversation, hearsay'] and cost a bit.)
These will tell you where to put the references, what they look like, whether you reference it after each mention, and so forth eg. Chicago (I think) is a full bibliography at the end, with author surname and date in brackets when first mentioned (Ex, 2006).
But most styles will want a publisher/edition for the Saussure book as well as a date. Although he wrote the thing in 1916, you might end up naming a later edition in your bibliography if you can't track down the original publisher. If you haven't used any direct quotes or page references, you'll be fine with any edition. I think. |
