[PDF] definitions of language given by linguists

For a linguist a language is a human form of communication, which includes the phonetics, the phonology, the morphology, the syntax, the semantics, and the discourse context, as presented by a given speech community. It is a living form of communication, which changes across speech communities and over time.
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  • What is Chomsky's definition of language?

    Chomsky's theory posits that language consists of both deep structures and surface structures: Outward-facing surface structures relate phonetic rules into sound, while inward-facing deep structures relate words and conceptual meaning.

  • What are the definitions of linguistics by scholars?

    Linguistics is the scientific study of human language.
    As such, it regards the ways in which members of a particular discourse community conceptualize their experience, encode it in a linguistic form, and then use that code in social interaction.

  • What is language according to Aristotle?

    A language for Aristotle is, above all, a meaningful spoken language, and this explains why written words are symbols of spoken sounds.
    The essential claim is that language by convention, whether the language is spoken or written, are not the same for all.

  • What is language according to Aristotle?

    Saussure contended that language must be considered as a social phenomenon, a structured system that can be viewed synchronically (as it exists at any particular time) and diachronically (as it changes in the course of time).

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