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Language Guide

 , updated on December 21, 2018
Language is a system for communicating information and emotion. Natural languages emerge spontaneously and evolve over time as an critical element of society and culture. People commonly think using an internal monologue such that language colors the thoughts and emotions of an individual. As such, learning new languages can be a transformative experience that changes your perceptions, behavior and character. The following are common elements of language.
Adverbs
Definitions
Direct Language
Double-Barreled Question
Figurative Language
Formal Language
Grammar
Humor
Jargon
Literary Device
Natural Language
Plain Language
Questions
Quibble
Rhetorical Device
Rhetorical Question
Shared Meaning
Shibboleth
Sound
Storytelling
Verbal Irony
Wit
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