Language
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- A system of communication using the spoken word or using symbols that represent words or sounds.
- the English language
- sign language
- The ability to communicate using words.
- the gift of language
- Nonverbal communication.
- body language
- The vocabulary and usage used in a particular specialist field.
- legal language
- The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
- The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
- The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
- Profanity.
A language is a system, used to communicate, comprised of a set of symbols and a set of rules (or grammar) by which the manipulation of these symbols is governed. These symbols can be combined productively to convey new information, distinguishing languages from other forms of communication. The word language (without an article) can also refer to the use of such systems as a phenomenon.
See also
- Study of language
- Linguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Synchronic analysis
- Philology
- Philosophy of language
- Universal grammar
- Alphabet
- Types of language and language relationships
- Non-spoken forms of communication
- Origins of language
- Origin of language
- Evolutionary linguistics
- Biolinguistics
- Proto-Human language
- FOXP2 - gene implicated in cases of specific language impairment (SLI)
- Religion and mythology
- Education and public policy
- Language education
- Language school
- Language policy
- Language reform
- Linguistic protectionism
- Official language
- Bilingual
- Language and culture
- Linguistic relativity - (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis)
- Speech
- Communication with other species
- Semiotics
- Symbolic communication
- Symbolic linguistic representation
- Metacommunicative competence
- Musivisual Language
- Other
- Translation
- Second language
- Phonetic transcription
- Dyslexia
- ISO 639 - 2- and 3-letter ID codes for languages
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