Sociolinguistics
is the study of the relation between language and society—a branch of both linguistics and sociology. Why we should learn language?
According to Chomsky language to be set
(finite or infinite) of sentences, each finite in lenght and constructed out of
a finite set of elements. Beside that, language, a system of conventional
spoken, manual, or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members
of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves. So we
can conclude that language is a tool to give information to speaker. And what
the relationship between language and society? That we know society
need language to communicate.
When
two or more people communicate with each other in speech, we can call the
system of communication that they employ a code. In most cases that code will
be something we may want to call a language. We should also note that two
speakers who are bilingual. That is, who have acces to two codes, and who for
one reason or another shift back and forth between the two languages as they
convers, either by code – switching or code-mixing, are actually using a third
code, one which draws on those two languages.
There are types of
language.
1. Oral Language is a communication between human beings to
express its meaning through words spoken from the mouth.
2. Language Writing is a form of communication that is
formed from various vocabulary arranged so as to form a sentence that has
meaning and poured into the form of writing.
3. Sign language is a form of communication that uses limbs
such as hands and lips motion. Usually
using this type of language is the deaf they combine between hand gestures, lip
movements, and facial expressions so that the other person understands what they
mean.
4. Programming Language is a language used to rule the
computer by using syntax syntax that has been set by the programming language
itself, the goal that the computer is able to run what we ordered.
5. Inner language is a direct mental interaction using the
contents of our heart, the language of the mind does not require the means of
words like other types of language. The
term is more similar to that of the inner language of telepathy.
6. Body
language
7. Symbol
language
