Language and Linguistics
Language is a symbolic system enabling human communication through voluntarily produced symbols. Linguists like Sapir, Bloch, Trager, and Whatmough provide perspectives on the nature of language as a social tool, emphasizing its arbitrary symbols, conventions, and transformative capabilities. The structural complexity, unlimited potential, and open-ended nature of human languages reflect the intricate balance between convention and adaptability. Through the lens of linguistics, explore the depth and richness of language as a fundamental aspect of human society.
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Paper XI : Language and Linguistics
Module I : Language and Communication
Language is a purely human and non- instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of a system of voluntarily produced symbols. Sapir : Language
A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group cooperates. Bloch & Trager : Outline of Linguistic Analysis
Language is a human verbal systematic symbolism a means of transmitting information a form of social behaviour (with a) high degree of convention. J. Whatmough : Language
A language ( is a) symbol system based on pure or arbitrary convention infinitely extendable and modifiable according to the changing needs and conditions of the speakers. R. H. Robins : General Linguistics
Human Languages are unlimited ( an unlimited sets of discrete signals) have great structural complexity structured on at least two levels ( the learning task is considerable) are open ended allow for the transmission of information. R. W. Langacker : Language and Its Structure
