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langue - definition and meaning
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun
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noun linguistics Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language.
Etymologies
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[French, from Old French; see language.]
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Ferdinand de Saussure as "langue ", is the common language of a community (or rather more in than of a community), is formed and authenticated by writers and regulated and generally orientated by Academies.
Camilo José Cela - Nobel Lecture 1989
French is sometimes called langue d'oïl ( 'oïl language'), oïl being an old variant of oui 'yes'.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Domergue Sumien 2008
French is sometimes called langue d'oïl ( 'oïl language'), oïl being an old variant of oui 'yes'.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
Your "langue " (tongue) is in your mouth, and where is your "languette"? ... most likely on your foot!
amusette - French Word-A-Day 2010
Your "langue " tongue is in your mouth, and where is your "languette"?
amusette - French Word-A-Day 2010
The "langue " is the myth's timeless meaning, the "parole" is its historical setting.
Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Merleau-Ponty, Ricoeur Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
In the sixteenth century each had its own family of languages, called the langue d’oc and the langue d’oïl, from their pronunciation of the word for yes.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
In the sixteenth century each had its own family of languages, called the langue d’oc and the langue d’oïl, from their pronunciation of the word for yes.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
The Swiss linguist Saussure in the earlier part of the twentieth century drew a distinction between two concepts in language, "langue " and
Kaleidoglide Aishwarya 2010
I have 2 kind of langue packs Nl and En. (Netherlands and engelish)
phpBB.com 2009
TechnoMom commented on the word langue
Language viewed abstractly as a system of forms and conventions used for communication in a community. The knowledge that enables a person to speak and understand a language.
October 31, 2007