The indirect and sometimes complicated relationship between language and meaning can lead to confusion, frustration, or even humor. It is here, between what the communication models we discussed earlier labeled as encoding and decoding, that meaning is generated as sensory information is interpreted. We arrive at meaning through the interaction between our nervous and sensory systems and some stimulus outside of them. You’ll recall that “generating meaning” was a central part of the definition of communication we learned earlier. So with all this possibility, how does communication generate meaning? Although we can only make a few hundred physical signs, we have about a million words in the English language. Of course, words aren’t the only things we need to communicate, and although verbal and nonverbal communication are closely related in terms of how we make meaning, nonverbal communication is not productive and limitless. In addition, there is no limit to a language’s vocabulary, as new words are coined daily. Language is productive in the sense that there are an infinite number of utterances we can make by connecting existing words in new ways. One reason for this complicated relationship is the limitlessness of modern language systems like English (Crystal, 2005). The relationship between language and meaning is not a straightforward one. Describe the process of language acquisition.Discuss the function of the rules of language.Distinguish between denotation and connotation.Explain how the triangle of meaning describes the symbolic nature of language.
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