The ‘Language' Pole

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Author(s): Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes (Sorbonne nouvelle - Paris 3 University, France)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 20
Source title: Second Language Distance Learning and Teaching: Theoretical Perspectives and Didactic Ergonomics
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jean-Claude Bertin (University of Havre, France), Patrick Gravé (University of Havre, France)and Jean-Paule Narcy-Combes (Sorbonne nouvelle - Paris 3 University, France)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-707-7.ch003

Keywords: Computer-Assisted Language Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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In this chapter, as in the previous chapter, the authors face a ‘linguistic’ dilemma: in French there has long been an easy distinction between language (a human faculty), langue (a tongue/a code) and parole (speech/discourse) (see Saussure, 1972 edition). This distinction can be maintained in English on a conceptual level, but the choice of the words to express it does not necessarily reflect ordinary everyday ways of speaking. As a consequence it may seem to reflect a fine theoretical construction that has little relevance to basic language learning. Our assumption is that understanding the implications of this distinction is of paramount importance.

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