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Old FrenchNounlanguages f. From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A language is a system for encoding and decoding information. In its most common use, the term refers to so-called "natural languages" — the forms of communication considered peculiar to humankind. In linguistics the term is extended to refer to the human cognitive facility of creating and using language. Essential to both meanings is the systematic creation and usage of systems of symbols—each referring to linguistic concepts with semantic or logical or otherwise expressive meanings. The most obvious manifestations are spoken languages such as English or Spoken Chinese. However, there are also written languages and other systems of visual symbols such as sign languages. Although some other animals make use of quite sophisticated communicative systems, and these are sometimes casually referred to as animal language, none of these are known to make use of all of the properties that linguists use to define language in the strict sense. When discussed more technically as a general phenomenon then, "language" always implies a particular type of human thought which can be present even when communication is not the result, and this way of thinking is also sometimes treated as indistinguishable from language itself. In Western Philosophy for example, language has long been closely associated with reason, which is also a uniquely human way of using symbols. In Ancient Greek philosophical terminology, the same word, logos, was used as a term for both language or speech and reason, and the philosopher Thomas Hobbes used the English word "speech" so that it similarly could refer to reason, as will be discussed below. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How many languages do you think one should strive to learn? Q. Other than your maternal language, how many other languages do you think is a good number to learn? One? Two? Four? Seven? How many languages do you think is possible to learn in a lifetime - with the caveat of learning each language really well? Lastly, what languages do you think are good to learn? I already speak English - I was thinking next might be French or Spanish. Then, maybe Mandarin Chinese. Asked by LesYeux8 - Mon Oct 13 20:45:35 2008 - - 23 Answers - 5 Comments A. i love learning foreign languages. i know a little bit of at least 15 different languages- the basic stuff. i think thats all you need. im going to assume youre american- sorry if im wrong. being american, our culture doesnt really demand that you know more than just english (and in some areas at least a good spanish foundation) whereas in other countries, people grow up with 2-3 languages and conditions might force them to learn more. you will benefit more from knowing two languages completely than from knowing a little bit of every languages (think in terms of job opportunities, travel options, and potential friendships) if you plan to travel, think about where you wanna go. french is pretty exclusive to france and parts of canada, [cont.] Answered by SpitFire91 - Mon Oct 13 20:54:33 2008 How many languages is the average person able to learn? Q. I am very good at aquiring new language skills, myself, and there are so many that I want to learn. i have heard about language savants, but I'm not one of them. How many languages is it normally possible for the average person to learn? Asked by Trixe S - Wed Oct 29 10:51:52 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. What's an average person? I don't think you could put a limit on the number of languages a person can learn. The average Swiss person speaks three or four languages as a norm. this isn't based on any level of intelligence, but, their cultural environment and geographical location. Ask yourself which languages you want to learn and place them in priority. Then learn away. Answered by Damon F - Wed Oct 29 11:08:34 2008 Why do we start teaching languages in high school rather than elementary school?
Q. Younger children pick up languages a lot easier than teenagers do, so why wait? Asked by Ryan D - Sat Dec 20 12:07:17 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. I have been wondering about that for a while now too. The only thing I can come up with is that it's the brain-dead thing to do. The education system is not serious about languages. Where I live, I had Spanish in elementary school, but every year it was the same thing. We never went on to do any thing past the present tense. There wasn't much vocabulary either. It was a major bummer. The system really should start languages from kindergarten! Answered by Kaila - Sat Dec 20 12:17:26 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "languages" FHTML Launches New Markup Language for Rich Media at TechCrunch 50 ...
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