What is the difference between langue and parole?

Answer 1

A langue ( "tongue") is a language, in which a parole ( from parabola) is a spoken word.

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langue n

the French word for "language". The term was used by the linguist

Saussure to mean the system of a language, that is the arrangement of

sounds and words which speakers of a language have a shared knowledge

of or, as Saussure said, "agree to use". Langue is the "ideal" form of a

language. Saussure called the actual use of language by people in speech

or writing "parole".

Saussure's distinction between "langue" and "parole" is similar to

Chomsky's distinction between COMPETENCE and PERFORMANCE. But

whereas for Saussure the repository of "langue" is the SPEECH COMMUNITY,

for Chomsky the repository of "competence" is the "ideal

speaker/hearer". So Saussure's distinction is basically sociolinguistic (see

SOCIOLINGUISTICS) whereas Chomsky's is basically psycholinguistic

Richrds, J.C & Schmidt (2002). Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. Longman

Answer 2

Parole means word.

Langue means language, or tongue (in both senses of the English word).