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(ii) In their Outline of Linguistic Analysis Bloch Trager wrote (1942: 5): "A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group co-operates " What is striking about this definition, in contrast with Sapir's, is that it makes no appeal, except indirectly and by implication, to the

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Bernard Bloch and George L Trager stated the following definition: “A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group

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The Bloch Trager definition differs from Sapir's in that it brings in the property of arbitrariness and explicitly restricts language to spoken language (thus making

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( Noam Chomsky,1957) “ We can define language as a system of communication using sounds or symbols that enable us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas

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What is language? Language is a purely human and non- instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced

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