De Saussure labelled language as a

ATechnical code

BProfusion of signs ✓ Correct

CVerbalism

DMacro generaliser

Correct answer: (B) Profusion of signs

Explanation

De Saussure labelled language as a profusion of signs.

For him language is a vast system in which each sign takes meaning from its differences with others.

A technical code narrows language to specialised notation, missing its sign-nature.

Verbalism names empty wordiness, not Saussure's view of language.

A macro generaliser is not a term Saussure applied to language.

Saussure paired the signifier with the signified in each sign.

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