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Smith, Henry Lee. 1969. Language and the total system of communication. In Hill, Archibald A., ed. Linguistics today. Basic books. pp. 89–102.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English

Annotation

Language is defined as a learned, shared, and arbitrary system of vocal symbols through which human beings in the same speech community or subculture interact and hence communicate in terms of their common cultural experience and expectations.