Language is an essential part of human behaviour that helps us to communicate. We can communicate with written language, spoken language and sign language to express different things. The main functions of human language include a means of conveying information, an instrument of action, maintaining social relationships, a marker of groups and an instrument of cognitive and conceptual development. As said by Walt Whitman "language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary-makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joy, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low close to the ground." 

 

If you work your way through this website you will learn about the different subsystems and how they have came to be, the different eras of the english language, people important to the formation and change of the language, and some additional information to further expand your knowledge on this topic.  

 

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