Question

Chapter 14: Language

What is the relationship between language and communication? Does a lack of advanced language in imply a lack of communication? How does your own language impact communication?

What qualifies as a language? What areas of the brain helps us communicate vs develop a language?

Also share unique words you utilize with your friends and family. How would the rest of us understand the meaning? Are those words part of a difference language?

Answer 1

Language and communication both the terms seem to have same meaning. Sometimes they are used interchangeably. They are intrinsically related to each other though they can be distinguished in their dichotomy. Language is tool for communication whereas communication is the overall experience that we share with other people and things around us. Language is the highest form of communication related to human beings that have highest intellectual faculty of any other creatures. Animals and birds, fishes also communicate but we do not consider them as language. They have their own codes and styles of communication.

Lack of an advanced language does not indicate in the lack of communication process at all. Because communication takes place among them who we think do not have language. Communication takes place through body cues and movements. So we can't say that.

Everyone's language has an impact on their communication. My language let me communicate well with my culture only. It brings clarity and thought and mind and help me disseminate information correctly.

It is just a method of communication. It can consists of a set of words in ordered or structured way, written or oral and it can communicate clearly. That is what can be considered as language.

To speak sensibly, you must think of words to convey an idea or message, formulate them into a sentence according to grammatical rules and then use your lungs, vocal cords and mouth to create sounds. Regions in your frontal, temporal and parietal lobes formulate what you want to say and the motor cortex, in your frontal lobe, enables you to speak the words. Most of this language-related brain activity is likely occurring in the left side of your brain. But some people use an even mix of both sides and, rarely, some have right dominance for language.

Some unique words and phrases are always there in languages that help us describe various things in our surroundings. Like various nouns and verbs. They are found in other languages also. These keywords help other people to have some idea about the language.