▁a ▁certain ▁position ▁in ▁a ▁given ▁lingu istic ▁environment ▁( such ▁as ▁a ▁given ▁sentence ), ▁which ▁is ▁called ▁the ▁" s ynt ag m ". ▁The ▁different ▁functional ▁role ▁of ▁each ▁of ▁these ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁parad ig m ▁is ▁called ▁" value " ▁( ▁in ▁French ). ▁ ▁S auss ure ' s ▁Cour se ▁influenced ▁many ▁lingu ists ▁between ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁and ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁for ▁instance , ▁Leonard ▁Blo om field ▁developed ▁his ▁own ▁version ▁of ▁struct ural ▁lingu istics , ▁as ▁did ▁Louis ▁H jel ms lev ▁in ▁Den mark ▁and ▁Alf ▁Sommer f elt ▁in ▁Norway . ▁In ▁France ▁Antoine ▁Me illet ▁and ▁É mile ▁Ben ven iste ▁continued ▁S auss ure ' s ▁project , ▁and ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Prag ue ▁school ▁of ▁lingu istics ▁such ▁as ▁Roman ▁Jakob son ▁and ▁Nikol ai ▁Tr ub etz ko y ▁conducted ▁research ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁greatly ▁influ ential . ▁However , ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁S auss ure ' s ▁lingu istic ▁concepts ▁were ▁under ▁heavy ▁criticism ▁and ▁were ▁soon ▁largely ▁abandoned ▁by ▁pract icing ▁lingu ists : ▁ ▁S auss ure ' s ▁views ▁are ▁not ▁held , ▁so ▁far ▁as ▁I ▁know , ▁by ▁modern ▁lingu ists , ▁only ▁by ▁literary ▁critics ▁and ▁the ▁occas ional ▁phil os opher . ▁[ Str ict ▁ad her ence ▁to ▁S auss ure ] ▁has ▁el ic ited ▁wrong ▁film ▁and ▁literary ▁theory ▁on ▁a ▁grand ▁scale .