Does Language Play Role of Equal Importance in Different Areas of Knowledge?
Does language play role of equal importance in different areas of knowledge?
Everyday people communicate to each other by using language. The communication is the most important part of our lives and if there were no it, the world would not be as developed as today. Only humans can speak and that is a trait which differs us from animals. But what exactly is language which we use everyday? It is defined as a method of communication by humans in symbolic system to share some opinions, emotions, points of view, ideas or information. In the school and university, knowledge is putted across the language in the form of books, notes and lectures. There is no knowledge without language. However, language can get different functions and due to this fact, it is used differently. If we compare language in science, mathematics, art and history, we will that it differs. In this essay I would like to improve that language plays role of equal importance in different areas of knowledge but there may be some differences between them. To begin with, language can express a relation between words and things. Every single thing, feeling or smell that we see, feel or hear has its own name. People give names to everything which is around them because it is much easier to use only one word instead of long explanation, which sometimes could be very misleading. Such a process makes communication better in every area of knowledge and mostly, in our lives. For example, if we want to say that we have already bought new car than everybody knows what car is. We do not have to explain that it is a vehicle with four wheels and an engine, that can carry a small number of passengers, because it takes more time and could be hard to explain exactly what we mean. On the other hand, some words have more than one meaning. For foreign students, people who learn for example Polish language, some usage of words could be very misleading and incomprehensible. Let 's take a word „castle”. In
Everyday people communicate to each other by using language. The communication is the most important part of our lives and if there were no it, the world would not be as developed as today. Only humans can speak and that is a trait which differs us from animals. But what exactly is language which we use everyday? It is defined as a method of communication by humans in symbolic system to share some opinions, emotions, points of view, ideas or information. In the school and university, knowledge is putted across the language in the form of books, notes and lectures. There is no knowledge without language. However, language can get different functions and due to this fact, it is used differently. If we compare language in science, mathematics, art and history, we will that it differs. In this essay I would like to improve that language plays role of equal importance in different areas of knowledge but there may be some differences between them. To begin with, language can express a relation between words and things. Every single thing, feeling or smell that we see, feel or hear has its own name. People give names to everything which is around them because it is much easier to use only one word instead of long explanation, which sometimes could be very misleading. Such a process makes communication better in every area of knowledge and mostly, in our lives. For example, if we want to say that we have already bought new car than everybody knows what car is. We do not have to explain that it is a vehicle with four wheels and an engine, that can carry a small number of passengers, because it takes more time and could be hard to explain exactly what we mean. On the other hand, some words have more than one meaning. For foreign students, people who learn for example Polish language, some usage of words could be very misleading and incomprehensible. Let 's take a word „castle”. In
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