According to Ferdinand De Saussure,language Can Best Be Separated into Language

question 19

Multiple Choice

According to Ferdinand de Saussure,language can best be separated into language (langue) and speech (parole) .The difference between these two things is best described as:

• A)Language is written and speech is spoken.
• B)Language is an arbitrary and abstract system of signs that exists independently of any speaker,speech is the actual performance of language by an individual speaker.
• C)Language is the actual performance of speech by an individual speaker,while speech is an arbitrary and abstract system of signs that exists independently of any speaker.
• D)Language is formal and proper;speech is often slang.
• E)Language does not exist if speech does not occur.

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