Émile Benveniste’s Problèmes de linguistique générale was published in two volumes in 1966 and 1974 by Gallimard, and later reprinted in the Tel series (volumes 1 and 2). The first volume brought together essays from 1939 to 1964, and was compiled by Benveniste himself. The second volume was compiled by Mohammed Djafer Moïnfar and Michel Lejeune after Benveniste’s 1969 stroke, and includes texts written between 1965 and 1969, though published as late as 1972.

The first volume was translated by Mary Elizabeth Meek in 1971 as Problems in General Linguistics. That text is long out of print. Fortunately there is a new and expanded edition forthcoming from Hau books, edited by Jordan K. Skinner, though it is long delayed.

The second volume has not been translated in full. Only a few of its essays are available in English translation, and I thought it might be useful to compile a short list. I’m happy to add any that I’ve missed. [Updated 19 December 2024 with a translation I’d missed and a bit more information.]

Benveniste is one of the main figures I discuss in my Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France project, on which more detail is here. As with the earlier Foucault work I’ve been sharing a few research resources – bibliographies, textual comparisons, sources, etc. as I’ve been doing the research. A few on Dumézil and one on Saussure are listed here. If you find these useful, please let me know – corrections and additions welcome. There are a lot of other research resources here.