For example, we all have gotten phone calls from friends who are depressed or stressed and they only want someone to listen to them talk about their problems. For some odd reason, talking about our problems makes us feel better. Because of language we can persuade or be persuaded, inform or be informed, talk through our problems or listen to others problems, and be involved in a pleasant social conversation. The possibilities seem endless. The Limitations of Language as Communication I feel that the main limitation of language as communication is how human beings take our language for granted.
Language is only symbols and signs but many people do ot even think of it that way.
He states that we should realize that the word pencil is only a symbol of that particular writing tool. Through my experience of involvement with other humans I have taken notice to how people take their own language for granted and do not think beyond the word given for an object, thought, emotion, etc. This is my own opinion of a major pitfall in the human language. As I spoke about interpersonal communication in the promises of language, I will now speak about the limitations of language in interpersonal communication. Expression does not always have to be positive.