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October 16, 2019 • 17:31 pm 0 points
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What term used by Ferdinand de Saussure corresponds to Noam Chomsky?s term ?performance??

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    In linguistic theory, the terms performance and competence were first coined by Noam Chomsky in the late-middle twentieth century. He used these terms to specifically refer to a person's intuitive knowledge of the rules and structure of his language as a native speaker (he called it competence), and his actual use of these (which he termed performance). Scholars of the earlier period were aware of this basic distinction, but Chomsky pointed out the inherent ability or knowledge in a native speaker of the structure of his language.
    The term linguistic performance used by Chomsky in 1960 is used to "the actual use of language in concrete situations, sometimes called parole, as well as the comprehension of language. 
    French-Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure introduced three terms, viz. language, langue and parole, to distinguish between different senses of language. He regarded 'language' as the faculty of speech or ability to speak, which all human beings possess hereditarily. There are two aspects of this faculty: 'langue' and parole', the first implying the language system and the second the act of speaking.

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