Humanity’s highly developed ability to communicate verbally is our

essence. With our tremendous vocabulary, we would perhaps be not 【M1】__________

much better off than gorillas and monkeys. Language is taken as granted 【M2】__________

since it is a basic characteristic. But it is, for all its universality, among

the most powerful of human tools. “The pen is mightier than the sword. “

We define language a system of communication that is primarily 【M3】__________

verbal, symbolic, dually-patterned, and arbitrary and is used by humans

with common cultural expectancies. Language is also a mean to 【M4】__________

communicate ideas, knowledge and emotions to other individuals

through the use of the body. The system of communication used is a set

of codes or rules; a specific signaling system developed by humans. This

signaling system consists of sounds used by individuals to express

knowledge, emotions and ideas. This system is learned and passed on

through culture transmission by the teaching and the imitation of others. 【M5】__________

This system is significant so it is purely human in nature and no other 【M6】__________

species are able to duplicate our system. Language is primarily verbal

because it is part of the grammatical machine in humans which uses a 【M7】__________

sound, phonology, to express ideas and emotions.

The broadest definition for language includes much more. For 【M8】__________

example, we have codes, such as Morse, smoke signals, body language,

a nd to extent even music. Computer programs include special coding that 【M9】__________

can in some sense being called language. 【M10】_________

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