The Importance Of Language Creation And Language Change

The objective of this essay is to explore the range of similarities and differences between Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and English. An evident difference between the two languages is in terms of morphology, where spoken languages are represented through words and sign languages are formed by signs (Aronoff, Meir & Sandler, 2005; Johnston & Schembri, 2007). However, a strong similarity is the demonstration of ‘duality of patterning’ perceived in both languages. Firstly, the parameters in Auslan are compared to phonemes in spoken English. The five gestural features of handshape, orientation, location, movement and non-manual features (NMF) are known as the parameters of sign production (Johnston & Schembri, 2007). This essay argues that despite their distinct manners, the parameters of Auslan have the same linguistic function as phonemes. In particular, NMF is compared to the varying intonation used by English speakers to discuss the similarities and differences. Secondly, the sets of rules present in both languages is contended as another similarity, with differences perceived in the additional function of an individual’s gesture found in Auslan. This essay acknowledges other similarities such as language attainment in babies and the development of new vocabularies in respect of time. Furthermore, it also recognises the difference found in the ability to disembodied spoken English compared to Auslan, however, it will focus on the function of parameters,

Petitto & Marentette (1991) provides key evidence to suggest that ‘babbling’ is in fact a brain-based language capacity which enhances with maturity and not a speech-based phenomenon based on physical vocal maturation [1]. To reach this conclusion Petitto & Marentette (1991) conducted an experiment in which they analysed the vocal babbling of infants as well as the manual babbling of deaf infants [1]. The relevance of this decision is based on the fact, that sign language, like all other languages, is developed through language acquisition, thus if there is no correlation between manual babbling and vocal babbling, this would strength the stance that babbling is the product of physical maturation. The study, however, did conclude that manual

Language is a very important and significant part of individuals’ life. It is considered as one of the best device of social behavior. Language is a means with the help of which people communicate and send a social message to one another. But language does have very special characteristics according to which it changes and very depending on many factors. According to the researchers there are no two people who speak identically. Their languages vary as per their geographic location, age, gender, ethnicity, social background etc. many a time, it is observed that even the members from same family speak differently due to differences in their location ( Biber & Conrad, 2014). For example, in my neighborhood, there is a difference in the ways of

Language is a vital tool for human beings. Human language is a measure for communicating thoughts, ideas, and identity to one another. Cultural relations, economic dealings, and the shaping of friendships are all dependent upon language. While it could be viewed that today’s languages are the result of past language extinctions, the death of language signifies a loss much greater than just words.

Human have the capability to utilize complicated language, exceedingly more than any other set on Earth. We collaborate in every distant to use language for cammunication; language is frequently used to communicate about and even invent and preserve our social world. Laguage use and human sociality are special parts of humanity as a consanguineous species.

Languages that are spoken and studied today have been transformed, molded and evolved into their current state. Many different factors have influenced the changes and explain the evolution each language has made. The Hebrew Bible illustrates the tale of Babylon. This tale provides a simple explanation that accounts for the difference seen among languages. Demographics and geography attribute to the evolution languages have made as well. Each approach gives a different perspective to the transformation languages have made.

There are many reasons why language change over time. Social, cultural and even age factors are some of the major influences in how language change. Language tells us a lot about each country and holds information that can be traced back in history and cultural background. Every country has its own way of living, they have their own rules and regulations. Everything that makes that country what it is, is passed down from generation to generation.

There are many different variations of language, language that is seen, such as sign language, body language and written language, then there is the language that is heard, such as people speaking. There are over 7,000 spoken languages in the world alone without taking into consideration nonverbal languages. For adults and children alike, this can be overwhelming because in each language there are different behaviour patterns, different registers, different age groups and what is acceptable in one language may not be considered acceptable in another such as how close is too close to stand to someone else. For children who come from families whose first language is not English, this is even more difficult when trying to live somewhere that doesn’t predominately speak their first language, which is just one of the many differences people have to be aware of when considering diversity. This essay will examine the different environmental and circumstantial factors that may influence the development of children and the role that language can play in their lives as they grow, such as what and who children are exposed to, positive and negative influences such as adults and other children and the lifelong impact these surroundings have on the child.

Is only time constant? Thousands of years ago, when the Roman empire was in control of the vast majority of Europe, Latin was the language that was spoken by everybody. Today, thousands of years later, Latin is a dead language. No society on the Earth today speaks Latin, but Latin words can still be found in certain texts. The poems, “Languages,” by Carl Sandburg and Don Juan by Lord Byron, use imagery to explain how languages do and do not change over time.

An undeniable uniting force in culture is language. It helps convey ideas, express desires and bond people of a common area. In Nicaragua up until the later 20th century deaf individuals lacked community and culture. Deaf individuals are usually the only deaf members of their immediate and extended family. In order to adapt to a world of people who hear and speak, the deaf and hard of hearing develop homesigns systems in which gestures are used to communicate with their families (Senghas, Senghas, Pyers, 2005).

The human brain has a window for language capacity for the first seven years of life, after that it is harder and harder to learn a language. Language needs company in order to exist as a method of sharing information. In Nicaragua, a group of deft children were gathered in a school to teach them sign language. The children did not like being forced into a language, and created their own complex sign language they could all understand. Language allows culture, and knowledge to be shared among individuals.

I put down Sachin Kundalkar’s Cobalt Blue a couple of days ago and the characters continue to haunt me. Kundalkar has so vividly painted them into my mind that they seem to have made a home for themselves in there. Over the next couple of days, I have found myself reaching out for the book, re-reading paragraphs at random and with every read I feel like I have opened a whole new world. I have been musing at the simplicity and the beauty of the story, and I have concluded that no review could ever do justice to the gem that is this work.

First and foremost, language is ever-evolving if you think about it. The language high school students communicate

“A language is a system of conventional signals used for communication by a whole community”- A. C. Gimson. Language is an essential tool for communication as well as for self-expression. Language can be considered as a habit which is not genetically transmitted. It is acquired from the environment and therefore it is always subject to change. Language and linguistics go hand in hand. Language is a network of varieties and linguistics is the discipline that deals with the scientific study of language and its variations like dialect, registers, pidgin, Creole, etc.

Language change happens every day. New words are constantly being added and new dialects are forming. People have always argued about the causes of language change and tried to control the changes that occurred but ultimately they accomplished nothing. Languages changes and spread as a result of the people who use it daily. African American English and California English are both examples of the different ways language can change. People try to resist the changes in their language because they do not want to see it change. Language change is a natural process that can be affected by others but never stopped. This course has done an excellent job explaining how language change starts and spreads.