Question

Who introduced the terms langue and parole in linguistic theory?

• A. Noam Chomsky
• B. Ferdinand de Saussure
• C. Leonard Bloomfield
• D. Roman Jakobson

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Ferdinand de Saussure

Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist, introduced the distinction between langue (the structured system of language) and parole (individual speech acts). This was foundational in structuralist linguistics.