Prof. Dr. Tri Wiratno, M.A.
Prof. Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D.
REDEFINING LANGUAGE
A language is a means of communication that is organized in the form of lingual units, such as words, groups of words, clauses, and sentences that are expressed both orally and in writing. There are many definitions of language, and this definition is only one of them. You can compare this definition with the following definitions: language is a system of human communication expressed through the arrangement of sounds or written expressions that are structured to form larger units, such as morphemes, words, and sentences, which are elaborated as: "the system of human communication utilizing a structured arrangement of sounds (or written representation) to form larger units, e.g., morphemes, words, sentences" (Richards, Platt & Weber, 1985: 153).