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Language, Properties of language, Design of Language, Skills, express,…

- - - - language allows us to
        
        Relate with other
        
        express ourselves
        
        Interact and co-operate socially and emotionally.
  - - - Transactional Function
        
        implies the use of language to communicate
        
        knowledge
        
        information
  - - - Language as Cognition
        
        Both concepts deal with the relationship between language and cultural knowledge that allows us to understand and modify the world.
        
        Through language we are able to recall the past, shape the present, and project to the future (Widdowson). Displacement (Yule) allows the users of language to create fiction and to describe possible future worlds
        
        Allows humans to get to know the world, classify it, and bring it under control.
    - - Language as cognition
        
        Through language
        
        We discover our identities as individuals
        We recall the past, shape the present and project to the future
        We can think
        
        Intrincate relation
        
        Human mind
      - Language as communication
        
        Through language
        
        We can communicate, interact and socialize
        We can cooperate with other members of the community
        
        Intrincate relation
        
        Human society
- - - - Language
        
        We acquire language within a cultural group
      - Culture
        
        We acquire culture through language