The languages which dominate are used in the media, and to make money. People often choose to let go of their language in favor of assimilation. C. Linguistic Chauvinism Idea that some languages or dialects are better or should be preferred over others. Attributes shared by natural human languages that distinguish them from animal communication and artificial languages. Openness New linguistic messages can be coined freely and easily.
Language is made up of elements.
Meaning derives from combinations of elements not by variation of the elements. The girl was kissed by the boy. The nature and scope of our tacit knowledge of a language that makes us successful users of the language. An internal representation of meaning. A system of speech sounds and rules for combining the sounds to produce and understand utterances.