There are many definitions of language. We are looking for a comprehensive reliable definition of language as the best form of verbal and non- verbal means of human communication.
the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
What is the best definition of language?
Medium for communication either via verbal-aural or visual among people using the same medium. In order to communicate among different groups of people that embracing different mediums, translation (either verbal / visual) is needed for certain people that understand more than one medium.
Language is the method of human communication used by a particular country or community, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
It can also be defined as a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so.
There are many clear definitions on the web. Consider:
a system of communication used by a particular country or community.
"language " comes from the French word "langue". Langue is also the French translation of "tongue". It could be that the original definition of language is the "use of the tongue".
Language is a system of communication used by a particular country or community.
Thank you, Ahmed for your interesting answer. Best regards. Hazim.
language is a mechanism of communication and self-expression. Language is arbitrary, non-instinctive, conventional, symbolic, systematic, vocal, a form of social behavior, human, open-ended, extendable and modifiable and structurally complex.
As my colleagues also said, the best and briefest definition for language is "the medium of communication".
Thank you very much, Laya for your valuable definition of language. The problem is that not only language is used as a medium of communication. Signals can be used for communication. Animals can also communicate with each other. People may use colours, perfumes, flares and paralinguistic features (body language) to comminicate certain meanings. A more comprehensive definition can be given. Language is the highly developed verbal and non- verbal means of human communication by which their feelings, attitudes and needs are exchanged and passed from one person to another. What do think of this definition?
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