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Help! What is Language?

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  1. soinhosoithuong

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    Có bạn nào define được what is language không? Define language in your own word? Giúp mình với, mình cần viết essay gấp about it, but don''t have any idea about it now.......... Helpppppppppppp me!
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    Quick definitions (Language)
    noun: the mental faculty or power of vocal communication (Example: "Language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals")
    noun: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols (Example: "He taught foreign languages")
    noun: the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication (Example: "He didn''t have the language to express his feelings")
    noun: communication by word of mouth (Example: "He uttered harsh language")
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    language: a system of conventional spoken or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, communicate.
    Nguyện mỗi người có một niềm vui!
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    Sil Thành viên mới

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    Because CXR''s definition is so well constructed and accurate, I feel compelled to not change it, but to add to it my own little bit of salt on a pretzel. =)
    - a system of conventional spoken or written symbols, as well as body movements or any means of vocal communication, by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, communicate.

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    Ok, Thanks a lot. How about the metaphor of Language? What do u imagine about this? I hope to hear interesting ideas from u about this. Thanks again.
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    huh i mean that is an expression which you can use to describe a person or something in a literary way .
    It''''s really difficult to explain .
    For example : one girl is very ugly in your eyes , you can describe that she looks like a crocodile
    have fun !
    Được escape03 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 05:39 ngày 13/09/2003
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    This is tha idea:
    In a metaphor, a word is identified with something different from what the word literally denotes. A metaphor is distinguished from a simile in that it equates different things without using connecting terms such as like or as. Whereas a simile states, "My love is like a burning flame," a metaphor refers to "the burning flame of my love." An extended metaphor explores a variety of ways in which a metaphor is appropriate to its subject.
    Technically, the subject to which the metaphor is applied is the tenor ("my love" in the example above), whereas the metaphorical term is the vehicle ("the burning flame"). In an implicit metaphor, the tenor (subject) is not specified but implied: for instance, one may say "I''m burning" with the intended implication that the consuming flame is love.
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    Sil Thành viên mới

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    A big thumb up to Mazzie =),
    Not only the explaination is accurate but the examples are very effective as well.
    Time doesn''t allow me to e*** this into my own words, but I''ll post it here anyhow for reference. ^^;;
    metaphor [métt?f?r, métt? fawr] (plural metaphors) n
    1. implicit comparison: the application of a word or phrase to somebody or something that is not meant literally but to make a comparison, for example saying that somebody is a snake
    2. figurative language: all language that involves figures of speech or symbolism and does not literally represent real things
    3. symbol: one thing used or considered to represent another
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