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An umbrella term used by F.de Saussure for langue and parole. The ‘faculté de langage’ signifies general human linguistic and language ability, that is to say, the ability to communicate using a system of sounds and symbols. ‘Taken as a whole, speech is many-sided and heterogeneous; straddling several areas simultaneously—physical, physiological, and psychological—it belongs both to the individual and to society’ (Saussure 1916/1983:11).
References
Saussure, F.de 1916.
Cours de linguistique générale, ed. C.Bally and A.Sechehaye. Paris. (Course in general linguistics, trans. R.Harris. London, 1983.)
langue vs parole
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