Insegnare la linguistica generale: un canone saldo o un palinsesto da ripensare?

In this work I argue that the canonical set up of General Linguistics (GL) courses needs some rethinking. Given the semiotic nature of language and the primacy of living speech, two interrelated problems inside the canon can be pointed out: 1) the marginal role and status of meaning, and a usually stereotyped account of its working, 2) the under track persistence of different forms of written language bias, especially as far as syntax and terminology are concerned. After a short framing of the issues, I will discuss how, as a GL teacher, I am currently trying to solve these two disturbing contradictions.