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This document provides an overview of key concepts in language and communication. It discusses that language is unique to humans, symbolic, and learned rather than innate. A specific language belongs to a language community. It then examines characteristics of language like being dynamic and non-instinctive. Functions of language include being reflective, expressive, communicative, ritual, social, and informative. Concepts covered include code switching, pidgin, dialects, attitudes to language, and register

Author

Nicola Davis

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EN