Ferdinand de Saussure differentiates language in terms of:
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- langue
- metaphor
- metonymy
- parole
The Correct Option is A, D
Solution and Explanation
Step 1: Saussure's distinction
In Course in General Linguistics (1916), Ferdinand de Saussure, the father of structural linguistics, divided language study into two components:
- Langue: the structured system of language, the social and collective code shared by a community.
- Parole: individual speech acts, the personal use of langue in everyday communication.
Step 2: Eliminate distractors
(B) Metaphor and (C) Metonymy — these are figures of speech and rhetorical concepts, not Saussure's structural categories. ✘
Thus, Saussure's key differentiation of language is between langue and parole.
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