Introduction
It is interesting to know that the only animals that can speak are the human beings. All the animals can communicate but the only ones that can build words are the human beings. Systems of communication are not unique to human beings. Animals like the birds may communicate by sound; other animals can communicate by odors as the dogs and another can communicate by the body movement. Although human beings are able to communicate by all above means, they have a mean of communication that they are only the creatures capable to do: “Thinking and Speaking”.
Process
Language
A system of arbitrary vocal signs
Only human Universal Innateness Creativity
GRAMMAR
The term is used to refer to the rules or principles by which language works, that is, its system or structure.
COMPONENTS OF LANGUAGE
Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics
Evaluation
TEST
Describe the characteristics of human language.
Differentiate between iconic, indexical and symbolic signs.
Define of the study of linguistics and its subparts.
Conclusion
CONCLUSION
There is no doubt that this chapter about “the nature of the human language” has given invaluable insights about human language acquisition. It is a practical tool to deep in the acquisition of the English language. Language is notable for its unity in diversity: There are many languages, all different but all fundamentally the same because there is one human nature and because a fundamental property of this human nature is the way in which it allows such diversity in both language and culture.