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MEG 04 Aspect of Language | M. A English | IGNOU Exam | December 2019
'Language is that system by which sounds and meanings are related' (Fromkin and '
Rodnian, 1974)
'Language is the most sophisticated and versatile means available to human beings
for the communication of meaning' (Brown, 1984).
'Language is purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, . emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols. (Sapir 1921).
'Language is the institution whereby humans communicate and interact with each ,
other by means of habitually used oral-auditory arbitrary symbols.' (Hall, 1964)
'A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which the members
of a society interact in terms of their total culture1(Trager, 1949)
Language is a 'System of sounds, words, patterns, etc, used by humans to
communicate thoughts and feelings.' (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 1989)
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