Language as a system of signs

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Chapter 2 Language as a system of signs

In this chapter, you will get a general overview of language as a system of signs. We discuss the general nature of linguistic forms and meanings, and the ways in which they come together as signs in language, and relationships between signs. We also touch on other types of communication systems and some of the crucial ways in which they differ from human languages. When you have red this chapter, you should have a basic understanding of how language works and a good idea of the aspects of language that are studied in linguistics.

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