Topic > Culture and human culture - 1206

Language is the product of the collective life of a community of people. It is a medium with the help of which people of one community communicate with people of other communities. Language not only helps you communicate but also helps you understand the culture of others. In other words, the decay of a language means the decay of that culture. It is an inalienable part of human culture, and so in other words human culture is expressed primarily through language, although there are other means (such as actions, gestures, body movements known as body language, etc.) of cultural expression. Language, through expressions, can give shape to various thoughts and ideas. To understand the culture of a society and the cultural history of a society, understanding the language of that society and that of previous generations is a primary requirement on the part of researchers. For this purpose, scholars must make do with the historical documents and archaeological materials at their disposal. Some scholars attempt to reconstruct the form and characteristics of a society's prehistoric linguistic system through conjecture, based mostly on the oldest historical materials available. Language change is an interesting topic to study for all countries and civilizations. It does not matter whether civilization still exists or has disappeared. People living in different parts of the world speak different languages. In China, although there is a standard language, Putonghua, there are many languages ​​and dialects and it is difficult to find a common lingua franca for all. Considering all this the stark reality and bare facts of the Chinese linguistic scenario, it is necessary to study what gives rise to... middle of paper... evolution goes through various stages. During those phases the language changes due to the changing material situation of society. Even within a single society there is a hierarchy based on the economic situation of individuals. Language is shaped according to the social strata of the individual's class. For example, in Charles Dicken's novels workers and nobles used different forms of the English language. It is not just about formal words, but also about discursive style and the choice of words based on class differentiation. In today's England, two forms of British-English and Queen's English still exist. This sort of stratification is very clear in developing countries where there is a clear division of society on the basis of classes. Different branches of linguistics believe that linguistic changes are slow and sometimes take centuries.