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Saussure was a french linguist that was one of the first to produce a semiotic theory during work in the early 1900's.

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It is hard to find an equivalent word in English, but the most suitable term is language system. According to Gordon,  language is the social manifestation of speech. Language is a system of signs that evolves from the activity of speech. In other words,  langage is a social concept which needs a community of speakers.

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Parole refers to actual oral and written communication by a member or members of a particular speech community. Also it allows language evolution.

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As part of their intuitive knowledge of langue, members of a speech community share possession and comprehension of a body of signs (signes). According to Saussure, a sign consists of two components: a signifier (signifiant) and a signified (signifié). Linguistic signs can encompass words, units of grammar, and expressions.

The signifier is a sound or series of sounds, and the signified is the meaning that the sounds represent.

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Here we will be capable to get concepts clearly.

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In this podcast you will be capable to hear Saussure's contributions to Linguistics!

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Podcast episode 12: Language as a system - Ferdinand de Saussure

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Listen to this episode from History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences on Spotify. In this episode, we look at Ferdinand de Saussure's contributions to linguistics, which are widely considered to be foundational to the later movement of structuralism.

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Gordon, W. T. (2004). Langue and parole. The Cambridge Companion to Saussure, 76-87.

Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics, edited by Charler Bally and Albert Sechehaye in collaboration with Albert Riedlinger, translated by Wade Baskin (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966) pp. 68-73.