Langue and Parole in linguistics

 The concept of Langue and parole, key terms of structuralism in Linguistics

Langue: 

Think of "langue" as the rulebook or blueprint of a language. It's the overall system of rules, structures, and patterns that make up a language. These rules include things like grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Langue is what allows us to understand each other when we speak the same language. For example, in English, we know that nouns come before verbs in a sentence, and we use certain sounds to make specific words. This knowledge is part of the langue of English.

 Parole: 

"Parole" is like the actual speech or writing that comes out of our mouths or pens. It's the real-life, individual use of language within the rules of langue. Parole is what happens when we put those language rules into action to communicate our thoughts, ideas, and feelings. So, when you speak or write something in English—a conversation with a friend, a poem, a text message—that's your parole. Each time someone speaks or writes, they're producing parole. And because everyone is unique, each person's parole is a bit different, even if they're all following the same langue.

Let's say you're baking a cake. The recipe (langue) tells you the ingredients you need, the steps to follow, and how long to bake it. Your actual cake (parole) is what comes out of your oven at the end—the specific cake you made by following the recipe. Just like how the recipe guides your baking, langue guides how we use language, and parole is the result of that guidance.

Langue V/S Parole

• Langue is the system of grammatical rules and societal conventions that is practiced by a community to be able to communicate. Parole on the other hand is an individual act of speaking and is dependent on langue.
• Langue is universal and is a constant system. However, Parole is heterogeneous and changes with every individual utterance and pronunciation.
• Langue constitutes historic systems- for instance, all of the English language since its beginning to what it is now. Parole however, is momentary and is only a small part of langue. It is independent of history. Parole is a very small part of a larger system-langue.