What is language?

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Language is arbitrary.

The term arbitrary here refers to the fact

that the symbol that people use is made
or chosen without any principle, logic or
reason. It’s a personal whim.

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Language is made up of sign and
symbols
Language, a system of conventional spoken,
manual (signed), or written symbols by means
of which human beings, as members of a 
social group and participants in its culture,
express themselves.

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Language is creative
Language use is a creative act: we
transform thoughts into language that
can be heard or seen.

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Language is a means of
communication.

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 Language is more than just
communication. It is the primary
method by which we do things
together.

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Language is the accumulation of shared
meaning – of common ground.

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Phonology is a branch of linguistics which studies
how languages group sounds together. It is primarily
concerned with the systematic organization of sounds
in spoken languages and signs in sign languages.

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Morphology is the branch of linguistics (and one of
the major components of grammar) that studies word
structures, especially regarding morphemes, which are
the smallest units of language.

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Syntax is the proper order of words in a phrase or
sentence.
Semantics (from Ancient Greek: σημαντικός
sēmantikós, "significant") is the linguistic and
philosophical study of meaning in language,
programming languages, formal logic, and semiotics

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Sociolinguistics is the study of the connection between
language and society and the way people use language
in different social situations.

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Psycholinguistics is the study of the mental aspects of 
language and speech.

Neurolinguistics, the study of the neurological

mechanisms underlying the storage and processing of 
language.

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Anthropological linguistics, study of the relationship
between language and culture; it usually refers to work
on languages that have no written records.

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Language acquisition is the process by which humans
acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend
language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware
of language and to understand it), as well as to produce
and use words and sentences to communicate.

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Lexicology is the study of the lexis, the
library of words which make up a
language.

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Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary
branch of linguistics, combining knowledge
and research from cognitive psychology,
neuropsychology and linguistics.

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https://www.britannica.com/

Yule, G.,(2010), The Study Of Language. 4th ed,

Cambridge, Cambridge university press.

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