IN WHAT WAY DOES THE SPOKEN SYSTEM OF LANGUAGE DIFFER FROM T

IN WHAT WAY DOES THE SPOKEN SYSTEM OF LANGUAGE DIFFER FROM THE WRITTEN, AND WHY DOES LINGUISTICS TAKE THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE AS ITS OBJECT OF STUDY? Language can be expressed in a variety of forms. The two most common forms of language expression are speech and writing. Speech and writing are all around us; everywhere we look there are advertisements, all using differing forms of written language. We are constantly bombarded with the noise of …

…several thousand languages and dialects, expressing a multiplicity of world views, literatures and ways of life.” (Crystal, 1997, 2) Literature provides a different insight into a language and a culture to the spoken word. The way in which we view the world around us is influenced to a certain extent by our language, and to understand the way a language works is perhaps to gain a greater insight into the way the speakers of that language think.