1. 16 In borrowing from structural linguistics the early structuralists took on the task of analysing signs and systems of signification.

2. In borrowing from structural linguistics the early structuralists took on the task of analysing signs and systems of signification. Sentencedict.com

3. Leonard Bloomfield (April 1, 1887 – April 18, 1949) was an American linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the United States during the 1930s and the 1940s