Language is a form communication that varies differently between different cultures but all or most originated from the same place as well as variations of a specific language exist among those cultures. Like English, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, sign language and British. These are just small examples of the different languages that exist among mankind. Language is not so different from communication at all as it’s a form communication but just the way we send it is different. With one can be spoken through the sounds we make with out mouths and the other can simply show an image that speaks or tells a thousands words. Its how designers in the field send out messages with universal symbols and colors. Even then the idea of language still plays a huge role in design when more needs to be said through the characters of any other language. Like symbols that we see when going to bathrooms, different money symbols, logos for companies, and more.
These are signs that are created and learned as time passes with all types of language. Over time some do change slightly but will always retain looks that are similar to the old ones so that they are easily recognized by anyone. A good example would be the stop sign. One that is universal and always the same. Another example is the numbering systems that Miller speaks about in his passage. “In the simplest form of tally, one notch is made for each item recorded: to count five sheep, a Shepard might take five scratches on a stick”. This is a form we still use even today on playing cards where we groups symbols on to a surface and its that amount that we see. 5 dots, or 4 clovers on a leaf, 3 lines in the dirt and more. with time these archaic numbering systems updated to just numbers or the roman numerals which started using more simple ideas. (Ex: X=10 V=5 VI=6 IV=4)
Like Saussure pointed out that we can never change or forget our language but only basically update and learn more. Expanding on what exists or altering it to something slightly new. Just how The standard English is different from American english, or how every language has a more broken version of it self called slang. How over time words that would mean one thing can mean more than one thing and all depending on the situation and how its used. (example: Soda and pop. pop is a sound of something popping but also another way to call a carbonate drink.) Languages are always expanding and changing with time and with each new generation to come.
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