Learnwithsteem: language and it's basic concept by @emmanu|100% beneficiary to steemalive
Greetings great steemians,I hope you all are fine and steeming on. I welcome you all to my blog post where I will be writing on language and it's basic concept.
what is language
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Language is a system of unremarkable spoken, written or signed symbols by which human beings, peer groups, participants of a culture etc communicate or express themselves.
It is very important for one to express his/her feelings or thought and that can be done only if you can communicate with language. Language matters in life.
properties of language
- Language is Arbitrary:this means that no natural connection exist between a linguistic form and it's meaning
- Language is cultural transmission:it is passed from one generation to another
- Language is Dynamic:it changes with the society
- Language is displacement: language can be used to relate event which are far remove in terms of placement
- Language is unremarkable:it uses unremarkable signs that have relatively fixed meaning as used by a speech community
- Language has dual:language is organized in different levels or layers.
basic language concept
- Mother tongue:this is the first language a child learns at home.
- First language:this is the first language acquired or a mother tongue.first language is acquired not learnt and it is detected by the community.
- Second Language: this is a language learned after acquiring a native language
- Official language:this is official adopted by a country or state as a medium of communication in official businesses
- Foreign language:it is an imported language into a speech community e.g English
- Language of wider communication:this is a language that cuts across tribe, state and nations
- Language of narrow communication:this is a language that is restricted to a particular tribe.
difference between mother tongue and first language
| Mother tongue | First language |
|---|---|
| It is learnt | it is acquired not learnt |
conclusion
Language is one of the important things of life so as to enable communication between two different people,groups, country etc. Without language communication between two business partners might be too difficult and they won't understand themselves. Mother tongue is one of the essential concept of language as it is the first language learnt from parents and siblings and also a means of communication with parents .
Thanks for going through my blog and I hope you have learnt language and it's basic concepts.
We can't replace our language which is our mother tongue.
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Please ma show me the exact point so I can remove it🙏
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Mother tongue (MT) is that native dialect that is spoken in our villages that can't be found anyhow in other locality. We are born in Igbo land yes, but we have different dialects and we learn it according to our environment. MT is that language that is easily found in our locality or place of residence. We learn it in order to flow with other people in that same locality. While First language (L¹) is a general language that our people is known with. Igbo language is my L¹ because I amfrom that area. So when I speak my LIFE, my MT maybe interfering. That's why someone from my local village may notice me whenever, wherever.... it's because of that MT interference. Second language (L²) is that language we learn for the purpose of further communication with other people not from our locality or tribe. Example isEnglish. We learn it to be able to communicate outside our environment.
L¹is not learnt but MT and LIKE because there are areas that need a mastery to be called a professional in them.
As an Igbo, I need to teach and make my kids learn and know our MT and LIKE so they won't be lost before L² takes over. Unfortunately, some parents have contributed to what their kids are suffering. Funny enough, some kids don't have MT neither could they speak their L², all they know and speak is L². If our MT and L¹ to be preserved, we must speak and teach them to our kids for sustainability and preservation. Thanks
The benefits of language are so much because with it, Human life on earth will not be enjoyable.
Thanks @emmanu for this excellent post on language.