Language(English) is a system of communication in speech and writing which is used by people of a particular place or country. It is a means of communications through which we can communicate our ideas feelings,emotions,desire,through and so on.Human beings have a unique place in the universe due to the possession of language.Linguists have define the term language differently but the ideas to be understood are the same.we can say that language is a system of system.The combination of different units makes a language meaningful.Putting is another way,different elements are combined together to make a language meaningful.Language elements,hear,refer to pronunciation and spelling,vocabulary,grammar,communicative function. These language elements are shortly described below.
A) pronunciation and spelling:Pronunciation and spelling are very important elements of English(language).Pronunciation refers to the spoken shape 0f language and spelling refers to the written shape of language.Simply speaking,pronunciation refers to the pronunciation of words and spelling also refers to the spelling of words.But pronunciation includes the pronunciation of segmental sounds and the pronunciation of supra segmental / features like stress,intonation,pitch and length.The two sub branches of linguistic- phonetics and phonology -deal with pronunciation.Phonetics deals with physical properties ofall the human sounds and phonology deals with sounds system of particular language.Phonetics and phonology provide information about supra.Segmental features which are significant to bring change in meaning.For example,stress,intonation,length,pitch etc. are very important in English,which can change the meaning of utterance.Similarly,spelling also plays very important role to teach English language.Without spelling the existence of correct language is almost impossible.English has special spelling system.There is not one to one correspondence between the letters and sounds.A sound may in English spelling be represented by different letters in different words.Two sounds may in different words be represented by the same letter.A single sounds may be represented by a sequence of two letters or two sounds may be represented by a single letter.
b)Vocabulary: Vocabulary is one of the building blocks of language(English).We can also say that vocabularies are vital organs and the flesh to manipulate the structure and convey the message.If we analyze the meaning of different words ,we can find different casess: Different words have different meanings(books,cat,dog etc),two different words may have same meanings(Father,daddy)and the same words may have different meanings(the leaf is green.he is green today.).It is ,therefore,very difficult to find out the meanings of words.He should have knowledge and information to play with words.There ma also be twisting and stretching of words.For example - i have a chair.to chair a meeting
A) pronunciation and spelling:Pronunciation and spelling are very important elements of English(language).Pronunciation refers to the spoken shape 0f language and spelling refers to the written shape of language.Simply speaking,pronunciation refers to the pronunciation of words and spelling also refers to the spelling of words.But pronunciation includes the pronunciation of segmental sounds and the pronunciation of supra segmental / features like stress,intonation,pitch and length.The two sub branches of linguistic- phonetics and phonology -deal with pronunciation.Phonetics deals with physical properties ofall the human sounds and phonology deals with sounds system of particular language.Phonetics and phonology provide information about supra.Segmental features which are significant to bring change in meaning.For example,stress,intonation,length,pitch etc. are very important in English,which can change the meaning of utterance.Similarly,spelling also plays very important role to teach English language.Without spelling the existence of correct language is almost impossible.English has special spelling system.There is not one to one correspondence between the letters and sounds.A sound may in English spelling be represented by different letters in different words.Two sounds may in different words be represented by the same letter.A single sounds may be represented by a sequence of two letters or two sounds may be represented by a single letter.
b)Vocabulary: Vocabulary is one of the building blocks of language(English).We can also say that vocabularies are vital organs and the flesh to manipulate the structure and convey the message.If we analyze the meaning of different words ,we can find different casess: Different words have different meanings(books,cat,dog etc),two different words may have same meanings(Father,daddy)and the same words may have different meanings(the leaf is green.he is green today.).It is ,therefore,very difficult to find out the meanings of words.He should have knowledge and information to play with words.There ma also be twisting and stretching of words.For example - i have a chair.to chair a meeting
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