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--- 2700:2021:2 [2021/02/28 21:15] – [The system of oppositions among signifiers construct (think) the world for us] Ryan Schram (admin)
+++ 2700:2021:2 [2021/03/07 23:00] (current) – [Individuals cannot see langue because they exist in time] Ryan Schram (admin)
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 //Langue// is a collective fact, and we should look to the collective to understand why people have a language that works for them.
+===== Individuals cannot see langue because they exist in time =====
+To understand why people can use language to communicate, we must freeze time and look at all of the ideas and their relationships. We need a **synchronic** analysis of the linguistic //system//.
+Language //use// is **diachronic**; it unfolds in time. Speakers speak as time passes. (And, over time, variations in //parole// lead to changes in a language as a whole, but at anyone moment these changes do not explain //why communication works//.)
 ===== The basic element of langue is the sign =====