Parole and Subjectivity: A Psycho-Semiotic and Poststructuralist Exploration by Sapanpreet Kaur

This study examines the notion of parole and its essential function in shaping subjectivity, utilising psycho-semiotic and poststructuralist theories to contest conventional language paradigms. Building on Ferdinand de Saussure’s structuralist differentiation between langue (the systematic framework of language) and parole (individual expression), the research reconceptualises parole as a dynamic and transformative agent. Prominent theorists such as Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Émile Benveniste, and Mikhail Bakhtin have expanded Saussure’s framework to elucidate the intrinsic fluidity of meaning and its consequences for identity construction.