Language

 

 The term language is derived from the Latin word language which means tongue. Though there is no one accepted theory of the origins of human language, most theories generally agree that people first relied on gestures to communicate and then developed a code by which to communicate orally. While the need to express one’s desires, interests, feelings and emotions is inborn, the ability to communicate with others through language is learned or acquired. Acquisition of language begins with the initial cries, grunts, groans, and gasps of the neonate. With growth of age babbling starts. All these are transformed in to the use of single words, two words and then to three words sentences and finally into well-formed sentences. Words are symbols of reality and they are used to symbolize concepts and manipulate knowledge concerning reality.

A language ordinarily is an elaborate system of specialized verbal symbol generally accepted and used in the transmission of meaning. The human child acquires a great amount of reception learning through language itself. The study of the structure of human language is called linguistics. It tells us that there are certain features common to all languages.\

It is through language that cultures and traditions are passed on to the next generation, to the children and to students. The never ending transmission of culture and heritage from generation to generation is done basically through language and without language, the cultural stream cannot flow properly.Language makes a man polished and by and large, language helps in the healthy development of personality.Besides Communicating one’s own feeling and experience with another person other aims of language are to learn to gain knowledge, to fulfill various needs and above all to relationship with others.