CHAPTER2
to maintain
the rr.ain focus of this research.
L:! llllglil!ll ;e
and
Society
":S.:>Cli
is any
group
of
people
·who are
drawn
together
for
a
ce:!itmn
PUI'POi;e or
purposes...; a
language
is what
memb,ers of a pa1ticular society
speak"{Wardhaugl\
1986:
implies
that iac'1guage is
mec\!a that connects
im:i'ividuals
a
society.
'>>'ell-known
proverb
'no
man
is an
island'
seems
appropriate to
descriha
lm:c'!ltm
beill!lS are
social beings. They
cannot
without
the
others' comim!ioJ!l. They
certain goal£ such
as
con:'mUJ!lity,
;oo!i tical
pruty etc.
ancestors
had
practiced
it many
They
had
to
stick
to>;eti'ler to
face
others' inV"asion
or
to
IJR'te<:t
a11h"ru!1s.
The phenomenon
is
more or
less
the
same as today's
snciety
to
gatber
power &"ld
protect
each
In
lMgua,<>e
was
not
as
as it
iS
nov't<.
Om
communicated
tin.tl.igll
symbols, picttrres
or
non-\rerlbal
language such
as ge >tUJ-e
w.nn;e. Ho''lle'Jer,
noV
'lldays,
we
use
language
5
more
complex
\VII)'
to
communicate
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