Cultural Studies 100 : Sarah's 1PM tutorial

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Soemthing I found interestin

Language has a social part that can only be used with more then one persone. When people are talking, they have to be able to understand what they are saying therefore they have to have a "a kind of contract agreed between the members of a community" or society. This is quite true because people have to globaly understand what words mean in order to have discussions. If two people are talking different languages there will be absolutely no understanding of what the other persone is trying to express. Furthermore, I found it interesting that sassure states "Language is quite seperate from speach: a man who loses the ability to speak none the less retains his grasp of the language system, provided he understands the vocal signs he hears." Therefore, this individual can still communicate with people in his society.

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