Lecture 2 What Is Language
Lecture 2 What Is Language
°Ⅰ. The Definition of language II. Design Features of language III Functions of language
• I. The Definition of language • II. Design Features of Language • III. Functions of Language
I The Definition of Language Before we start the definition of language, it should be understood that occasionally the commonest concepts are the most difficult to define How you are going to define a human
I The Definition of Language • Before we start the definition of language, it should be understood that occasionally the commonest concepts are the most difficult to define. –How you are going to define a human?
I The Definition of language · Human: A featherless biped (two-footed animal) Plato
I The Definition of Language • Human: A featherless biped (two-footed animal) Plato
I The Definition of Language Diogenes held a plucked chicken aloft in the marketplace, proclaiming, Behold plato's man!
I The Definition of Language • Diogenes held a plucked chicken aloft in the marketplace, proclaiming, “Behold Plato's man!