Language Analysis
What do I know when I know a language? When I think of a language, the first thing that comes to my mind is that it is a ways of communicating. According to the Oxford Dictionary, language is "the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country or area". After further researching, I realized that there is way more to a language than people perceive it to be. Its complexity is astonishing; the structure and elements that make up a language makes it not only a way of communicating, but also a work of art.
When I think about a language, I know that it is composed of many components including phonology, morphology, and syntax. These components formulate a grammar and representational system used to combine words together to create phrases and sentences that people use for internal representation (thinking) and external representation (communicating). Although languages are complex, they do have rules and principles that allow them......
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