We use language every day. We live in a world of words. Hardly any
4 l) j8 i! I3 y1 W; | moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, __1__
M& V8 {9 L, m- ]. R! k9 K languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend( S( b% P: f5 E5 J5 c7 f- }- G( S
on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know __2__# n) i3 t' a" j# o7 ^
more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language __3__
7 w/ e# s p& {$ R& f is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from __4__
% C; X& l+ C7 d9 C: e3 R* B animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language __5__3 y& j: Q$ d, j+ `# ^ q, B# e5 X
and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we __6__
3 D" C( M3 f2 E' s understand precisely the combinations between language and thought, __7__
+ C% n4 i# v% `$ @ e( W1 F1 p language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when
& D# R8 `! R3 R% Q, b- @) i language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language
6 I9 w1 S( d1 q: u7 _ is that we, like language users, take too many things for granted. __8__3 E9 E& L5 `1 s/ w
Language comes to every normal person so naturally that a few __9__
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necessity to study it. Language is far more complex than most people/ t. t* p% M h S. B u# j
have probably imagined and the necessity to study it is far greater than
- R* A/ F8 D7 U; ^6 A some people may have assured. Linguistic is a branch of science which __10__
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takes language as its object of investigation. |