Ferdinand de Saussure - An outline of the main ideas from "Course in General Linguistics." www.public.iastate.edu/~dkain/crit/saustext.html
On the Primitive System of Vowels in the Indo-European Languages - Online text of Saussure's 1887 essay, from W. P. Lehmann's `A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics'. www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/iedocctr/ie-docs/lehmann/reader/chaptersixteen.html
Saussure and the Sign - An understandable summary of Saussure's concept of the sign. 130.179.92.25/Arnason_DE/Saussure.html
SaussureScape - Explore Saussure's ideas at this interactive web site. www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/Projects/Saussure/saussrex.htm