Language

Language: A system of signs, such as noises, gestures, or symbols, used for
communication.
System: A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements
forming a complex wholeSign: An action, gesture or symbol, that is regularly associated with a
particular concept
Communication: The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information
Things

Concepts Signsconceptual perspective of meaning there is no direct relationship between signs and things, only the relationship between concepts and things, and signs are related to concepts.

extensionalperspective of meaning, asserts that there is a direct relationship between signs and things.

Iconic signs: Signs that resemble what they means

Indexical Signs: Signs that are non-arbitrarily associatedwith what they
Mean

Symbolic Signs: Signs that are arbitrarily associated to what they mean

language is not a human invention there is no evidence that any single person or group of peopleever consciously set out to invent any of the languagesof the world.

The first theory says that languages arose through evolution, in response to functional
pressure, in this case the need humanshad to communicate in order to survive. This is
reasonable conjecture, and there is some indirect evidence for it, including the fact that
children go through stages of language development thatcould also have occurred in the species as a whole.8 However, against this view is the argument that the progression children make could not occur unless they were guided by principles already presentin their genes, and that these principles could not have evolved in response to communicative pressure because they are too closely inter-related to have evolved sequentially.

empirical theory ofcognition is one that claims that all learning is the
result of experience.

Chomsky argued that language is a reflection of thoughtand that, particular verbal responses to external stimuli are...