Edgar H. Sturtevant.
Language operates in a regular and systematic fashion.
Language is primarily oral, and the oral symbols represent meaning as they are correlated with actual life situations and experiences. Language has a social function, and without it society would probably not exist. One's Native Language Natural Steps Receptive 1. The Teaching of English Pronunciation Raja T. Nasr Outline I. Consonants 1. Presumably this means moving from the simpler to the more complex elements or from the easier to the more difficult elements.