Is The English Language Knowledge or Just a Language?

 English language, as any language, is just a means of communication between persons, through the sound that mouth produces. If people speak the same language, that particular language is the very means of communication between them, but, if they speak different languages they may need to deploy another language as a means of communication between them. At this juncture, the English language can be used, being it a lingua franca, or any of the widely spoken languages, such as Arabic or French, if the persons can speak either of the languages.

The English language, or any other language can be considered as knowledge, not just a language. If a person became erudite of a particular language, that person is said to have the knowledge of that language. If a person is a native of a particular language, that person is not to be considered as knowledgeable of the language, however, even if the person is a native of the language, he can be considered as knowledgeable of the language if he has expertise in the way he deploys the language. Whoever learns something else and becomes expert in it, being it a language or something else, that person is knowledgeable of it.

It's a great deception to think that the English language or any other language is just a language not knowledge. From the aforementioned paragraph, we can understand that you can be a native of a language but not an expert. The English language is essential in this modern world, for that don't let them deceive you by saying it's just a language not knowledge.

© by SYA (Prof. Abu Suleiman)


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