The Nature of Language
By Robert Guzman, UPR Aguadilla
So you have an idea and it’s not just any idea, it’s a great idea.
The problem is, however,
that ideas are invisible.
They’re abstractions that mean nothing to anybody else except you until
you...
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The Nature of Language
By Robert Guzman, UPR Aguadilla
So you have an idea and it’s not just any idea, it’s a great idea.
The problem is, however,
that ideas are invisible.
They’re abstractions that mean nothing to anybody else except you until
you find the way of getting that idea out of your head and into the world.
This is where language comes in.
By using this thing called language you give your
concepts, your ideas, a form that others can see and appreciate.
You encode the concept in a form,
either aural or in writing, that is visible or audible to others.
You use arbitrary symbols that are
understood by others thus making your thoughts evident.
So think of language as the means by
which you transmit the concepts that are born inside your head for others to perceive.
Once you’ve encoded your ideas now you need to transmit them.
Here you have choices.
You can use sound as your means of transmission by speaking out loud.
Or you may want to print
you
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