Language And Its Functions

摘要

If you ask a linguist the question what language is, most likely you will get an answer like this: " Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communicatin ".Note here that there are some implicit assumptions involved in this definition: language equals a system of symbols and language is for communication. If you have an inquisitive mind, you may not settle for the answer given and ask again:"Does that mean that those symbols are language