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... context because a language has its limitations and ambiguities as well. Language "is the communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals such as voice, sounds, gestures or written symbols."2 A language does not only involve verbal language but other paralinguistic features, which help blind, deaf and mute individuals to communicate. Language aids us in our everyday life and is important for us humans; however, language has its limitations as well. This happens, as a universal language does not exist. According to linguistics there are about 5000 languages in use in the world. With this number of languages, the existing ambiguity in a language increases and creates more misunderstanding to human beings. We will now analyse how far a language controls perception, emotion and logic but will also refer to the limitation of a language. "Perception is the ability of the mind to refer to ...
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