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Parent topics
- Language (general) [r]: A type of communication system, commonly used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. A wider definition of language - what counts as a language and what doesn't - is a difficult philosophical topic, deserving an article in its own right. [e]
Subtopics
- Signifier [r]: Linguistic unit or pattern, such as a succession of speech sounds, written symbols, or gestures, that conveys meaning. [e]
- Signified [r]: The value of what is represented by speech, text, or images [e]
- Text [r]: A written set of words. [e]
- Speech (phonetics) [r]: Linguistic communication that uses the human vocal apparatus to articulate sound patterns that represent units of language. [e]
- Word (language) [r]: A unit of language, often regarded as 'minimally distinctive' and used to build larger structures such as phrases; languages vary in how distinctive word units are and how much they may be modified. [e]