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Purposive Communication

The document discusses language, including that it is a uniquely human ability, requires a system of rules, sounds, and vocabulary to be considered a language. It also discusses speech communities that share language rules, language acquisition during childhood, mother tongues and second languages, and how language contact and change can result in new language forms.

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Purposive Communication

The document discusses language, including that it is a uniquely human ability, requires a system of rules, sounds, and vocabulary to be considered a language. It also discusses speech communities that share language rules, language acquisition during childhood, mother tongues and second languages, and how language contact and change can result in new language forms.

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LESSON 1.

LANGUAGE
- Together with the creation of human life is the creation of a wonderful and dynamic
human capacity – language.
- Animals are said to be able to communicate with each other. Whales sing, wolves howl,
dogs bark, and birds chirp. The sounds these creatures produce often reflect the state of
their emotions. While it may be true that animals communicate, “only human beings are
truly capable of producing language.”
- And so, what exactly is language? Linguistics agree that a language can be called
language if it has a system of rules (grammar), a sound system (phonology), and a
vocabulary (lexicon).

SPEECH COMMUNITY​- when people use language, they can understand each other because
they belong to the same community. They can understand each other because in their speech
community, people share the same set of rules in the language system.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION​- people acquire the languages used by those in the community
while they are growing up.
MOTHER TONGUES​- the languages acquired while growing up, which may also be referred to
as “first languages.”
SECOND LANGUAGE​- when people later discover that other languages are needed for various
reasons and these other languages are referred to.
LANGUAGE LEARNING​- this is the process when people learn the second language by
studying formally in school or informally on their own.
LANGUAGE CONTACT​- you will be able to communicate as you slowly learn each other’s
languages. The result of such contact may be a new form of language and it’s possible that in
your attempt to communicate with each other, you will produce a new language form that is
understandable to both.
LANGUAGE CHANGE​- in here, your own languages may also change as you constantly
interact and communicate with each other, as the result of language contact. Language is
indeed a complex human capacity. It is, therefore, important to be aware of its features and
behavior to be able to use language more effectively and productively in communicating with
others.

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