1.1.1. Language concept
All that ordinary speakers mean by the language actually is the actual language and speech. The distinction between language and speech is theoretically justified by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, one of the most famous theorists of linguistics and the founders of the modern stage in linguistics.
Language is a system of units and rules of their functioning. In other words, language is the inventory (vocabulary) and grammar that exist in potency, in the opportunity.
The idea of language as a system of expressions is common to most mentalist theories of language. In A. N Chomsky’s theories language is supposed to be build up by simple units such as verb phrases and noun phrases etc. There are moreover
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The subject can therefore not think of the world in another way than language describes it. And that means that when we do have a language, we are forced to think in accordance with that 10 language. This moreover means that we here have a form of linguistic idealism. The world exists as language describes it and there is no independent access to it. The view of language as a discourse that humans learn by participating in a social activity, do also contain an idea of language as something that is determined by use.
According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language concept is:
1. A general idea or understanding of something: the concept of inertia; the concept of free will.
2. A plan or original idea: The original concept was for a building with 12 floors. 3. A unifying idea or theme, especially for a product or service: a new restaurant concept. In the Oxford English Dictionary the term “concept” is defined:
1. A general idea derived or inferred from specific instances or occurrences.
2. Something formed in the mind; a thought or
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An idea or a principle that is connected with something abstract. See the concept (of something), the concept of social class, concepts such as ‘civilization’ and ‘government. The term concept has been used for a long time in the field of cognitive linguistics by many scientists (A. Wierzbicka, R. W. Langacker, J. S. Stepanov, R. M. Frum kina, et al.). N. A. Semenkina considers concepts to be units with the help of which the person can form his/her world cognition. Concepts are united in the systems that have their own peculiarities. In person's consciousness concept information can be presented as verbal and non-verbal. The cognitive status of the concept is to be the means of meaning transferring and cognitive representation of the concept is based upon considering it as complex multicomponent information structure that helps to explain units of person's consciousness. "Concept" is a "ligamentary link between a language and thinking; a unit of consciousness and informative structure that represents human experience" (O.S.
Language is defined as a "system of words formed from such combinations and patterns, used by the people of a particular country or by a group of people with a shared history or set of traditions (Microsoft Bookshelf. 1996-1997 edition)." Ebonics is a form of communication of feelings, thoughts, opinions and ideas at is being used by ou...
An idea is what we perceive immediately, the first thing that pops into mental perception. They are the objects of thinking (Locke, 17). According to Locke, our ideas come from two things: experience, which includes sensation and reflection. Simple ideas arise from our basic sensory experiences and cannot be made up. Reflection, to me is built upon this experience. When you are thinking, believing, doubting and so on, you are able to build upon your outer experience and that is how you come to the conclusion of complex ideas. Even the most complex ideas can be traced back to our original experiences. Without experience we would not be able to gain and expand on our knowledge.
Language is defined as the method of human communication either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words, in a structured or conventional way. Communication is the interaction or exchange of information or news(Webster, 2013).
Concepts are how we give meaning to everyday things. We make, name, communicate, and imagine concepts all day everyday; concepts are vital to understanding this world we live in. A concept is an abstract idea or a cognitive unit of meaning. Zombies, for example, are a concept, but where did this concept of the living dead arise? Is there some religious link to this concept or is it an image of imagination?
Language is a method in which individuals communicate in order to get their opinion across to the listening party. Language is the tool which ideas can be conveyed in various ways. Typically, language is referred to verbal communication, however, it ranges to all methods of communication i.e. sign language.
term exactly the same way. Descartes definition of idea is “whatever is immediately perceived by the mind”. Both these philosophers believe in the existence of God...
Ever since its conception as a concept, there have been varying definitions or theorists about it. There are differentiating perspectives as some define it as a single idea while others relate it to a set of values, meanings, norms and the like.
Remember that according to Descartes, what I know first and foremost are my ideas. It is only later that he seeks to know if the extramental world exists, and so he begins with his ideas and then moves towards real being (rather than vice versa). Somewhere along the line the notion of idea undergoes a transformation. Soon an idea becomes a sense impression or an image. Remember that for the Greeks and Mediaeval thinkers, an idea is not reducible to an image. An idea cannot be imagined, but is an essence abstracted from the phantasm and understood. But this gets confused after Descartes. For example, John Locke says that ideas "...stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking..."
Language is a part of our everyday lives, and we can describe the meaning of language in many ways. As suggested in Gee and Hayes (2011, p.6 ) people can view language as something in our minds or something existing in our world in the form of speech, audio recordings, and writings or we can view language as a way of communicating with a group of people. Language can be used to express our emotions, make sense of our mental and abstract thoughts and assists us in communicating with others around us. Language is of vital importance for children to enable them to succeed in school and everyday life. Everyone uses both oral and written language. Language developed as a common ability amongst human beings with the change
Secondly, it is that language in entertwined with the structure of the relationship between the Individual and Other, meaning that language is integral to any relation between consciousnesses. Ones language is
If something is knowledge today it is known as a paradigm. It is a sort of pattern.
"[H]uman knowledge is organized de facto by linguistic competence through language performance, and our exploration of reality is always mediated by language" (Danchin 29). Most higher vertebrates possess ‘intuitive knowledge’ which occurs as the result of slow evolution of species. However, the ability to create knowledge through language is unique to humans. According to Benjamin Whorf, "language…. is not merely a reproducing instrument from voicing ideas but rather is itself the shaper of ideas…. We dissect nature along lines laid down by language" (Joseph 249). In addition, the development and acquisition of language seems to be related to "complex sequential processing, and the ability to form concepts and to classify a single stimulus in a multiple manner" (Joseph 178). Antione Danchin suggests that the knowledge we create through language allows us distinguish ourselves from the rest of the world to produce models of reality, which become more and more adequate due to the "self-referent loop" which enables us to understand ourselves as objects under study. This "path from subject to object," which is common to all humans, Danchin claims, suggests the existence of a universal feature of language (29).
408), Each person perceives and interprets events by means of conceptual structure of generalizations or contexts, postulates about what is essential, assumptions as to what is valuable, attitudes about what is possible, and ideas about what will work effectively.
Language is nothing but a media which expresses feelings, ideas, experiences and even pains properly to others. Cultural background is the origin of language. Language is one of the channels which promote human relations and human affections. Language always unites the people and sometimes language itself diverse the people. Without the language we cannot imagine the existence of human beings on the earth. Language is a system of words that people used to express thoughts, feelings each other. The word ‘language’ derived from Latin “lingua” which means ‘tongue, speech’. The word sometimes used to refer to codes, ciphers and other kind of communication systems. For example computer programming.
idea on the surface, but in reality it is a very complex system of ideas that