... in organized combinations and patterns in order to express and communicate thoughts and feelings1. In daily life nowadays, people transfer an immense amount of information through the mass media, such as the internet, mail, telephony, and face-to-face conversations, and so on, using such organized combinations and patterns of linguistic symbols. Upon introspection, we might find that a large part of our knowledge is acquired through verbal communication. It seems clear then that without language, there will be no interaction between individuals, human societies cannot take shape, and the concept of "Global Village" may well be a pie in the sky. Nevertheless, language is not the be-all and end-all of the communication process; something else has to come into play. For example, how can one describe an artwork completely to other people without showing it? And how can the listeners picture the artwork in their minds if they do not see ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now