මානව භාෂාවේ ස්වභාවය

Abstract

Language is the most important means of communication used among human beings. It is through language that human beings share their ideas, emotions, beliefs and feelings with each other. Though many other means of communication are used among humans, they are not as flexible, comprehensive, prefect or extensive as language. All human beings are blessed with language and it is considered the specific property of human beings. The uniqueness of human language is evident when it is compared with animal communication system which is not well developed and has extremely limited function. Nevertheless, defining ‘human language’ appears to be a tough task and a good definition is expected to cover three aspects of language, namely nature, structure and function. This paper is an illustration of the characteristics of human language with the intention of bringing into light what makes it unique, ubiquitous and irreplaceable.