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ERIC</label> </div> </form> <form id="ft" style="display:none"> <div> <div id="tab2b" class="sTab"><a href="#collection">Collection</a></div> <div id="tab2" class="sTab"><span>Thesaurus</span></div> <a id="attips" href="?ti=all">Browse<br />Thesaurus</a> <input id="st" type="text" name="qt" placeholder="Search thesaurus descriptors" /> <input type="submit" value="Search" /> </div> <div id="soptt"> <label><input type="checkbox" name="ts" /> Include Synonyms</label> <label><input type="checkbox" name="td" /> Include Dead terms</label> </div> </form> </div> <div id="i"><div id="details" class="tsd"><div><h2>Language</h2><div><div style="float:left;">Scope Note: </div><div class="r_a">Systematic means of communicating ideas and feelings through the use of signs, gestures, words, and/or auditory symbols (Note: For natural languages and language families, see "Languages")</div></div><div>Category: <a href="?ti=450">Language and Speech</a></div><div class="tsBox"><a href="?q=descriptor%3a%22Language%22&ff1=subLanguage">Search collection using this descriptor</a></div><table id="tblTerms"><tr><td><div>Broader Terms</div>N/A<div>Narrower Terms</div><a href="?ti=Artificial+Languages">Artificial Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Child+Language">Child Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Figurative+Language">Figurative Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Interlanguage">Interlanguage</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+of+Instruction">Language of Instruction</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Universals">Language Universals</a><br /><a href="?ti=Languages+for+Special+Purposes">Languages for Special Purposes</a><br /><a href="?ti=Native+Language">Native Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Official+Languages">Official Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Oral+Language">Oral Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Programming+Languages">Programming Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Second+Languages">Second Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Sign+Language">Sign Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Symbolic+Language">Symbolic Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Tone+Languages">Tone Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Uncommonly+Taught+Languages">Uncommonly Taught Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Urban+Language">Urban Language</a><br /><a href="?ti=Written+Language">Written Language</a><br /><div>Use this term instead of</div><a href="?ti=Nonsexist+Language+(2004)">Nonsexist Language (2004)</a><br /><a href="?ti=Unwritten+Languages+(2004)">Unwritten Languages (2004)</a><br /></td><td><div>Related Terms</div><a href="?ti=Artificial+Speech">Artificial Speech</a><br /><a href="?ti=Code+Switching+(Language)">Code Switching (Language)</a><br /><a href="?ti=Dialects">Dialects</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Acquisition">Language Acquisition</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Arts">Language Arts</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Attitudes">Language Attitudes</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Enrichment">Language Enrichment</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Impairments">Language Impairments</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Patterns">Language Patterns</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Planning">Language Planning</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Processing">Language Processing</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Proficiency">Language Proficiency</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Research">Language Research</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Rhythm">Language Rhythm</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Role">Language Role</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Skill+Attrition">Language Skill Attrition</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Skills">Language Skills</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Styles">Language Styles</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Tests">Language Tests</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Usage">Language Usage</a><br /><a href="?ti=Language+Variation">Language Variation</a><br /><a href="?ti=Languages">Languages</a><br /><a href="?ti=Linguistics">Linguistics</a><br /><a href="?ti=Semiotics">Semiotics</a><br /><a href="?ti=Speech">Speech</a><br /><a href="?ti=Speech+Communication">Speech Communication</a><br /><a href="?ti=Verbal+Communication">Verbal Communication</a><br /><a href="?ti=Word+Frequency">Word Frequency</a><br /><a href="?ti=Word+Order">Word Order</a><br /></td></tr></table><div class="adate">Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966</div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div> <div id="divFooter"><div id="ftrPadding"><div id="ftr"><div id="ftrSocial"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SearchEduResources" id="facebook" style="padding-bottom:5px"><img src="img/icon_facebook.gif" alt="Facebook" width="16" height="16" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ERICinfo" id="twitter"><img src="img/icon_twitter.gif" alt="Twitter" width="16" height="16" border="0"></a></div><div id="ftrLogos"><a href="http://www.ed.gov"><img src="img/logo_ed.gif" alt="Department of Education"></a><a href="http://ies.ed.gov"><img src="img/logo_ies.gif" alt="Institute of Education Statistics"></a></div><div id="centerLinks"><a href="?privacy">Privacy</a> | <a href="?copyright">Copyright</a> | <a 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