Langue and parole are more than just language and speech. Although this is a useful wuick way of remembering them. Language that proceeds and makes speech possiblem A sign is a basic unit of langue. Learning the language, we master the system of grammer, spelling , syntax and punctuation. These are all elements of langue. Langue is a system in that it has a large number of elements whereby meaning is created in the arrangement of its elements and the consequent relationship between this arranged elements.
Parole is the concrete use of language, the actual utterances. It is an external manifestation of language. It is the usage of the system. By defining langue and parole - Ferdinard, Saussure differentiating "---between the language and how it is used and thereby enabling these two very different thing to be studies as separate entities. "
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