Language uses symbols like words, images, sounds and gestures to communicate complex ideas and meanings. Symbols can represent economic, social or metaphysical concepts. The study of symbols and their meanings is called semiotics. Symbols are a fundamental part of both formal and informal communication systems, and new symbols are often rapidly adopted to describe modern technologies and concepts. Different symbols have different interpretations depending on their context.

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Symbolic System
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2. • Language is a system of communication with deep
meaning
• Language uses symbols for communication
• Symbols can be words, images, body language, sound,
etc.
• So we can say, language is symbolic
• Ex- A dollar $1 is a symbol of economic value.
The word yes or a nod is a symbol of confirmation.
A happy emoji is a symbol of happiness.
Symbolic System

3. • Most symbols mean many different things at once.
• We can use a mix of symbols to better illustrate complex
ideas quickly.
• Each symbol is like a shortcut.
• Symbols don’t always have inherent meaning.
• Semantics is the study of meanings.
• Language is symbolic in that the symbols we use have a
deeper “symbolic and symantic meaning beyond their
literal meaning. The study of this can be called
Semiotics.

4. • Speaking of semantics, “things that stand for actual
things “ signs, and we can call “things that stand for
metaphysical concepts”, symbols.
• In simplest form, every letter used to form our formal
written and spoken language is a symbol.
• Words and phrases take different meaning in different
contexts .
• Purposefully use of symbols allows us to communicate
complex ideas, with many deep meanings.

5. • It is not just the symbols themselves , but how we use
them that is symbolic.
• There are many terms, in the field of politics,
metaphysics, and other symantical arts where emotions
and allegiances run highand becomes weighted, this
makes communication more hard.
• Actually language is formal and informal symbolic
system of communication.
• In this age of technology, people have adapted almost
instantly to new nouns such as “e-mail” and “Internet,”
and verbs such as “downloading,” “texting,” and
“blogging.”

6. • Symbols used as a communication tools for language
can include the written and spoken words, numbers,
equations, pictures, body language, inflections and tones
of our voice, other sounds like music, expressions,
metaphors, rhythms pitches, clothes we wear, slight
gestures, eye movements, etc. if it conveys meaning, it is
a symbol.
• Different symbols have different meanings in different
contexts, and studying how those systems work is the
root of much of the social sciences, language arts, and
the arts in general.