At the heart of our concern lies the spoken language. All natural languages
are spoken, while to this day many of them have no written form. Unlike most
textbooks in linguistics, however, this book will also devote a whole chapter to
writing, which may be seen as an extension of speech. On the other hand, it will have
little to say about forms of language that are based on gestures rather than speech,
such as body language or the sign languages of the deaf.
At the heart of our concern lies the spoken language. All natural languagesare spoken, while to this day many of them have no written form. Unlike mosttextbooks in linguistics, however, this book will also devote a whole chapter towriting, which may be seen as an extension of speech. On the other hand, it will havelittle to say about forms of language that are based on gestures rather than speech,such as body language or the sign languages of the deaf.
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