![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, there is no limit to a language’s vocabulary, as new words are coined daily. Language is productive in the sense that there are an infinite number of utterances we can make by connecting existing words in new ways. One reason for this complicated relationship is the limitlessness of modern language systems like English.David Crystal,How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die(Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2005), 8–9. The relationship between language and meaning is not a straightforward one. Describe the process of language acquisition.Discuss the function of the rules of language.Distinguish between denotation and connotation.Explain how the triangle of meaning describes the symbolic nature of language.
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