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Ron Scollan
language is not something that comes in "nicely packaged units" and
that it certainly is "a multiple, complex, and kaleidoscopic phenomenon ."
A consolidation of a number of possible definitions of language yields the following composite definition.
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- Language is a set of arbitrary symbols.
- Those symbols are primarily vocal, but may also be visual.
- The symbols have conventionalized meanings to which they refer.
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- Language operates in a speech community or culture.
- Language is essentially human, although possibly not limited to humans .
- Language is acquired by all people in much the same way; language and language learning .both have universal characteristics.
Language Learning
- Learning is a change in behavior.
- Learning involves some form of practice, perhaps reinforced practice.
5, Learning is relatively permanent but subject to forgetting.
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- Learning involves active, conscious focus on and acting upon events outside
- Retention implies storage systems, memory, cognitive organization.
- Learning is retention of information or skill.
- Learning is acquisition or "getting."
acquiring or getting of knowledge of a subject or a skill by study, experience, or instruction.
Saussure
Language is an arbitrary system of signs constituted of the signifier and signified. In other words, language is first a system based on no logic or reason, and Secondly, the system covers both objects and expressions used for objects.
Wardhaugh
A language is a system of arbitrary vocal sounds used for human communication. This definition of language by Wardhaugh mainly insists on arbitrariness, vocal sounds, humans, and communication.