Here presentation about Begin the from word Relation between sound and meaning Facts of human language Features of human language

1. Topic
Human Language

4. No language was created in a day out of
a mutually agreed upon formula by a
group of human. Language is the
outcome of evolution and convention.
Each generation transmits this
convention on to the text. Like all
human institutions languages also
change and die, grow and expand.

6. Dog in English
Kutta in Hindi
Kukkur in Sanskrit
Nai in Canada
Kukka in Telugu
Kukur in Bangla
This is the four-legged domestic animal
What is this ?

7. There is no inherent or logical
relation or similarity between
sound of a word and its
meaning.

8. Facts of Human Language
All languages are equally complex and
equally capable of expressing any idea

9. Facts of Human Language
Similar grammatical categories are
found in all languages.
In English: subject + verb + object
In Hindi: subject + object + verb
In Frence: subject + Verb + object
In Japanese: subject + Verb + object
In Chainese: subject + Verb + object

10. Facts of Human Language
The vocabulary of any language can
be expanded

11. Facts of Human Language
There are semantic universals found
in every language in the world.
 Male
Female
Animate
Human

12. Facts of Human Language
Wherever humans exist,
language exists

13. Language is
Productive
and
Receptive

14. Language
is
Systematic

15. Language
is
Social
Language
is
Spoken
Language
is
Symbolic

16. Language
is
Social
Language
is
Spoken

17. Language
is
Social

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