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Langue vs.
Competence
Rabbia Azam
Introduction
Dichotomy of language.
• Langue and parole by Ferdinend de Saussure
• Competence and perfromace by Noam
Chomsky
Background
Ferdinend De
Saussure
• A Swiss Linguist
• (1857-1913)
• Modernist
• Social scientist
Noam Chomsky
• American Linguist
• (Born 1928)
• Post Modernist
• Cognitive scientist
Definition of Langue
Langue encompasses the abstract, systematic
rules and conventions of a signifying system; it
is independent of, and pre-exists, individual
users.
Definition of Competence
Linguistic competence is the system of
linguistic knowledge possessed by native
speakers of a language.
Similarities
 System of language
 Discuss language at large
 Stable
 Abstract
 Essential component
Differences
Langue
Social setting
Not designed
Behaviourist
Pre-exists individuals
Competence
Psychological setting
Designed
Cognitivist
Exists within minds of
individuals
Langue
Conventional
Emphasis on signs or
structures
Atomistic nature
Competence
Inherent
Emphasis on
internalised set of rules
Generative nature
Langue
Same for all speakers
of a language
Led to structuralist
approach
Competence
Differs from speaker to
speaker of the same
language
Led to universality of
grammar
Conclusion
Langue along with parole and competence
along with performance form language.
The dichotomies revolutionized the previous
notions of language and led to emergence of
different schools of thought in linguistics.

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