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Parole

This term is associated with the Swiss Linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1966)
and refers to actual instances of language use. It contrasts with LANGUE, which
refers to the abstract system of language such as its grammatical system.
Parole is about utterances (language as used by individual speakers in a
specific context) rather than the abstract system.

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