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Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;
human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
A race, as distinguished by its speech.
Any system of symbols created for the purpose of communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between sentient agents.
Any set of symbols and the rules for combining them which are used to specify to a computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to as a computer lanugage or programming language; as, JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has achieved popularity very rapidly.
To communicate by language; to express in language.
Comprehension and expression of ideas through the use of an arbitrary, symbolic communication system; involves skills such as listening (auditory comprehension), talking (oral expression), reading (visual comprehension), writing (graphic expression), and gesturing.
In the context of this glossary, a means of verbal communication used by a large community, including the words, their pronunciation and the methods of combining them.
There are two different parts of language, the type we receive (receptive language) and the part we send (expressive language). Receptive language involves the understanding of thoughts, feelings, desires, and the needs of others. Expressive language involves the verbal and non-verbal elements of communicating to others.
A system of symbols that express ideas and enable people to think and communicate with one another.
system atic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, or gestures. [D00900] PMK87
(1) The written and spoken methods of combining words to create meaning used by a particular group of people. (2) For the Macintosh script management system, a particular implementation of a writing system. Languages within a writing system usually share a character set but differ in rules of composition. For example, English and Spanish are two languages within the Roman writing system.
Although the smallest channel of communication in presentations at seven per cent, language is still critically important. Consists of statements or questions, which can be very specific (Meta Model) or artfully vague (Milton Model).
a type of communication system that employs sounds and/or gestures to construct meaning. Although many animals also have communication systems—some very elaborate—language is, to the best of our current knowledge, a uniquely human enterprise. Among the characteristics that distinguish language from animal communication systems are transmission from generation to generation (rather than innate knowledge), the ability to convey information about distant places or past and future time, and the ability to lie.
a distinction that is social and/or political rather than based on linguistic criteria. For example, Swedish and Norwegian are quite similar and mutually intelligible, yet they are considered two separate languages by their speakers, principally because they are each identified with a different country. On the other hand, Mandarin and Cantonese are considered by their speakers to be two dialects of a single language, Chinese, despite the fact that they are not mutually intelligible in their spoken forms (although they share a written form). In determining whether two systems are separate languages or dialects of the same language, linguists consider mutual intelligibility to be generally the most reliable test; only the speakers themselves, however, can make the determination.
A specified way of using words and symbols to give the computer instructions and tell it what to do. All software is created using a programming language.
a highly flexible and complex system of communication that allows for the exchange of detailed information about both interior and exterior conditions. As a creative and open system, new signals may be added and new ideas transmitted.
The form or pattern of speech -spoken or written- used by residents or descendants of a particular nation or geographic area or by any large body of people. Language can be formal or informal and includes dialects, idiomatic speech, and slang.
Pre-K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 13 The systematic use of sounds, signs and symbols as a method of communication; in writing, the choice of words used to convey meaning.
In Dante’s historical period, there was no linguistic unity in Italy. This means that in different parts of the country were spoken different kinds of dialects (better called vernacular languages), although they all derived from Latin language. So, when you read Italian language in the text, it always means the vernacular language Dante wrote with, that is the Florentine dialect. We can say that modern Italian is derived fairly directly from this dialect, even thanks to its use in literature. See also the De vulgari eloquentia.
See Expressive function of language; Ideal language philosophy; Language games; Ordinary language philosophy; Prescriptive function of language; Referential function of language; and Religious language
Communication system based on words and grammar. (134)
the communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols; Languages & Religions
an abstract, arbitrary, and rule-governed set of symbols.
System of symbols and rules for combining in understandable forms, e.g. Basic, Fortran.
spoken / sung at service: [Thinking about the worship service/the main service that took place this past week], what language or languages were spoken or sung at this service
"Language is a socially shared code, or conventional system, that represents ideas through the use of arbitrary symbols and rules that govern combinations of these symbols" (Bernstein, 2002 p.5).
The words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a considerable community.
those words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them which are used and understood by a particular people, nation, etc.; the ability to make and use audible, articulate, meaningful sounds by the action of the vocal organs; a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalised signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings; the means by which animals communicate; a system for the expression of thoughts, feelings, etc., by the use of spoken sounds or conventional symbols; the faculty for the use of such systems which is a distinguishing characteristic of humans as compared with other animals; the language of a particular nation of people; any other means of communicating, such as gesture or animal sounds.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
(language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
a characteristic of a certain community
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a code in conventional sounds, symbols or signs efficient enough to name or label objects and ideas, people and places, events and situations etc
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a common communication protocol , used to convey an expression , opinion or other idea , usually with words
a communication system, so it's not enough to memorize a few words and phrases
a complex system in which symbols are used to convey meanings and directives for human behavior
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a distinct and unified system of spoken communication which can be divided into different dialects
a means of expressing a particular culture
a means to communicate
a method of communication and is a method used by human beings to describe
an abstract ensemble of idiolects - as well as sociolects, dialects etc
a powerful communication tool to get ideas across
a reflection of the community that speaks it
a result of agreement among communicating individuals on how to use specific signs
a set of symbols and a set of allowable ways to string the symbols together
a set of symbols that are agreed upon by a certain population
a set of symbols, the syntactic constraints on the way their are combined, and the semantics of what they "mean" at some (possibly more than one) level
a set of words or signals (sounds, gestures, writing) and the rules to combine them which enable a group of individuals to communicate
a symbol system that two people use to communicate with oneanother
a system of arbitrary symbols and the rules by which they are manipulated
a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which the members of a society interact in terms of their total culture
a system of expression and communication
a system of signs expressing ideas, and hence comparable to writing, the deaf-an-dumb alphabet, symbolic rites, forms of politeness, military signals, and so on
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