Humanity"s highly developed ability to communicate verbally is
our essence. With our tremendous vocabulary, we would perhaps be 1
not much better off than gorillas and monkeys. Language is taken as 2
granted since it is a basic characteristic. But it is, for all its
universality, among the most powerful of human tools. "The pen is
mightier than the sword."
We define language a system of communication that is primarily 3
verbal, symbolic, dually-patterned, and arbitrary and is used by
humans with common cultural expectancies. Language is also a
mean to communicate ideas, knowledge and emotions with other 4
individuals through the use of the body. The system of
communication used is a set of codes or rules; a specific signaling
system developed by humans. This signaling system consists of
sounds used by individuals to express knowledge, emotions and
ideas. This system is learned and passed on through culture 5
transmission by the teaching and the imitation of others. This system
is significant so it is purely human in nature and no other species are 6
able to duplicate our system. Language is primarily verbal because
it is part of the grammatical machine in humans which uses a sound, 7
phonology, to express ideas and emotions.
The broadest definition for language includes much more. For 8
example, we have codes, such as Morse, flag, smoke signals, body
language, and to extent even music. Computer programs include 9
special coding that can in some sense being called language. 10