LING 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scantron Corporation, Language Change, Universal Grammar

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A language an arbitrary system of vocal symbols used for human communication. Language the capacity to acquire and used languages systematic arrangement of words that help in communication combination of sounds and words. Accent the pronunciation or phonology of a language. Is body language really language? language is both verbal and non-verbal. I don"t think so because body language is expressed by physical behaviors and exists in both humans and animals. Body language doesn"t have grammar and can be interpreted broadly, and it is simply termed as language due to popular culture. It"s not systematic or arbitrary symbols use for communication. if body language is a language then animals have language too, which is not true. An infant learns language that he or she is exposed to. language system is complex, well-structured, and has three major elements (sounds, words, sentences/structures) language is a system of symbols, the symbols being the words. Symbols represent things and are not the thing themselves.