Language 1

Communication
It is a social phenomenon by which we humans transmit information. Any act of communication has six elements: sender, receiver, message, channel, context and code.
Signs
Elements are visible or physical realities that represent another element or reality. Its function is to be a communication tool and vehicle of thought. Are classified as icon keeps a list ofresemblance to what it represents. indication of contiguity has a relationship with what it represents. It lacks communicative intent and needs a suitable interpreter. Symbol rate is arbitrary, conventional, and unmotivated, as its form and meaning has been established as a result of social agreement. It has great capacity significantly. To this group belong most of linguistic signs. The nonverbal communication and verbal communication
Nonverbal communication is established through non-linguistic codes and systems. In the sense that captures information do we distinguish various types of communication: visual, acoustic, olfactory, gustatory, tactile. Among the highlights nonverbal communication or iconic images .. There istwo image types: analog, reflecting the reality and created, designed to mean something, hit or get attention.
Verbal communication is established through verbal language and can use two channels leading to two forms of communication: speaking is spontaneous and direct, and between sender and receiver is an interaction. It is dominated by emotional content on the logical and superimposes several codes: words, gestures, looks. Use a record colloquial phrases, unfinished and sometimes, with lexical imprecision. Intonation and pausing help clarify the content. Writing is thoughtful and precise, and has no extra-linguistic support. There is no interaction between sender and receiver but is more durable over time. Use precise language, varied, adjusted to the standard language and sometimes registration is imposed worship.The linguistic sign
It is the main tool of verbal communication. Attach a meaning to a succession of articulated sounds. Its features are these:
Arbitrariness: there is no similarity between the sequence of sounds and the concept it conveys.
Conventionality and immutability: the relationship between signifier and signified is an agreement or
agreement.
Linearity: it develops in time and space, its elements are ordered, double articulation: it is divisible into smaller units that can be combined with each other and form a new sequence of words. For the first joint of the sign is divided into monemes, for the second in phonemes.
The functions of language
All communication has an intention and purpose. Six are the main functions of human language, which in turn are linked with elements of communication: expressive function (sender), conative function (receiver), poetic function (message), function phatic (channel), referential function (context) metalinguistic function (code).