This definition stresses the universality of language to all humans, and it emphasizes the biological basis for the human capacity for language as a unique development of the human brain. read more
Language exists to be meaningful; the study of meaning, both in general theoretical terms and in reference to a specific language, is known as semantics. Semantics embraces the meaningful functions of phonological features, such as intonation, and of grammatical structures and the meanings of individual words. read more