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What is the definition of language?
Language: n. 1. system of sounds, symbols, etc. for communicating thought. 2. particular system usecd by a nation or people. 3. style or method of expression. 4. system of words and symbols for computer programming.
Chris Parsholt
IB TOK year 2
What is the definition of language?
Language is something that is as universal as the world we live in. It is different from one culture to another but always has the same unique point. Language is a tool used to convey meaning, expressions and feelings from one individual to another, an individual to a set object or from one object to another. There is no real limit as to what boundaries encap language. For example, a person from Mexico and an American go to a Starbucks in San Diego. The Mexican might order "una cafe" whereas the american might order "a coffee". Both customers would be ordering the same just in two different ways, in two different languages; they would to put it bluntly......
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