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    Language is a complex human behavior that can be viewed from structural, functional, and interactional perspectives. It involves systems of phonological, grammatical, and lexical units that allow for the coding, decoding, and expressing of functional meaning through communication. Language is also a tool for social interaction, as it not only transmits information but also expresses intentions and produces effects through locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. A variety of methods can be used to study and teach language, including its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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    Language is a complex human behavior that can be viewed from structural, functional, and interactional perspectives. It involves systems of phonological, grammatical, and lexical units that allow for the coding, decoding, and expressing of functional meaning through communication. Language is also a tool for social interaction, as it not only transmits information but also expresses intentions and produces effects through locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. A variety of methods can be used to study and teach language, including its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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    Nature of Language

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    Language is a complex human behavior that can be viewed from structural, functional, and interactional perspectives. It involves systems of phonological, grammatical, and lexical units that allow for the coding, decoding, and expressing of functional meaning through communication. Language is also a tool for social interaction, as it not only transmits information but also expresses intentions and produces effects through locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts. A variety of methods can be used to study and teach language, including its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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    SUBJECT

    NATURE OF LANGUAGE

    AN ASPECT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

    STRUCTURAL VIEW (knowing the linguistic system)

    FUNTIONAL VIEW (using the language for communication)

    INTERACTIONAL VIEW (Language as action)

    System of structurally related elements for coding and decoding of language

    Express funcional meaning

    TARGET.- to master Phonological Units (phonems) Grammatical Units (morphems, phrases, sentences) Grammatical operations (adding, shifting, joing, or transforming elements) Lexical Units (functional words and structure words)

    Syntax.- is the study of the relationship between linguistic forms. Semantics.- is the study of the realtionship between linguistic forms and entities in the world Pragmatics.- is the study of the relationship between linguistic forms and the users of those forms.

    Language is more than the transmition of information or meaning (Locutionary act) since it also express an intention (illocutionary act) and produces an effect on the listener (prelocutionary act)

    Language is a tool for the creation and maintenance of social relations

    METHODS Audio lingual Total Physical Response Silent Way

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