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Exploring Language; Some Specificities, Complexities and Limitations in Human Communication and Social Interaction in Multi-cultural Contexts

Advanced Journal of Social Science

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Title Exploring Language; Some Specificities, Complexities and Limitations in Human Communication and Social Interaction in Multi-cultural Contexts
 
Creator Samuel, Kelechi Chijioke
 
Subject Language
human communication
thought
cognition
perception
culture
social dysfunction
Media Communication
 
Description This paper explores the subject matter of human language as a social phenomenon in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society like Nigeria. The paper situates language as a complex social phenomenon which pervades every aspect of human life. It identifies the role of language in intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, and the complexities involved in every communicative event that must not be taken for granted. Furthermore, it identifies the functions and limitations of language, including its negative functions as viewed from Critical theory. The paper affirms that language is a central phenomenon in human cognitive development, internal conceptualization of thoughts and ideas, the external expression and sharing of thoughts, the perception and representation of social reality, the transmission of culture, and the maintenance of social relations. The paper further notes that language difference can be a source of social dysfunction in multi-lingual and multi-cultural societies like Nigeria.
 
Publisher AIJR Publisher
 
Date 2019-02-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.aijr.org/index.php/ajss/article/view/752
10.21467/ajss.5.1.26-36
 
Source Advanced Journal of Social Science; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019); 26-36
2581-3358
10.21467/ajss.5.1.2019
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.aijr.org/index.php/ajss/article/view/752/196
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Kelechi Chijioke Samuel