It all about innovative idea of defining language

1. MuhammadAli Soomro
Lecturer, English CCP

2. Introduction to the
Sounds of
English Alphabet

3. Alphabet of English
A /eɪ/ F /ef/ K /keɪ/ P /pi:/
B /bi:/ G /dʒi:/ L /el/ Q /kju:/
C /si:/ H /eɪtʃ/ M /em/ R /ɑ:(r)/
D /di:/ I /aɪ/ N /en/ S /es/
E /i:/ J /dʒeɪ/ O /əʊ/ T /ti:/

4. U /ju:/ Z /zed/ /zi:/
V /vi:/
W /dʌblju:/
X /eks/
Y /waɪ/

5. Language?
/ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

6. Can Animals
speak?

7. Do you know
how many
languages
exist in the
world?

8. The world has about 7106 languages.
Pakistan 72

9. What you think
THEWORLD
without language!

10. Without language we would have no
conversation, no songs, no stories, no jokes, and
no civilization as we undersatnd the term.
Indeed, perhaps we would be like intelligent
monkeys but would we be human? One doubts
that we would. Language distinguishes us from
animals.

11. What is Language?

12. Everybody knows the answer of this
question but nobody has so far
been able to come out with any
standard definition that fully
explians the term language.

13. 1. Language is a means of communication.
2. Language is arbitrary.
3. Language is a system of systems.
4. Language is primarily vocal. Speech is
primary, writing is secondary.
5. Language is human. It differs from
animal communication in several ways.
(a) Humans convey and receive an infinite

14. number of messages through space
whereas animal communication system
is extremely limited and undeveloped.
(b) Language makes use of clearly
distinguishable, discrete, separately
identifiable symbols while animal
communication systems are often
continuous and non-discrete.

15. (c) Animal communication system are
closed system and permit no change
whereas language is modifiable,
extendable and open-ended.
(d) Human language is structurally more
complex than animal communication
system.

16. 6. Language is a form of social behaviour.
7. Language is a symbol system.

19. Assignment:
In the next class, everyone must ask me
at least one question from the topic
which we have covered today.
Write down at least five other sources of
communication in the society except
vocal/oral system.

20. THANK YOU SO MUCH
ANY QUESTION?