As is evident from the
discussion above, human life
in its present form would be impossible and inconceivable without the use of
language. People have long recognized the force and significance of
language. Naming—applying
a word to pick out and refer to a fellow human being, an animal, an object, or
a class of
such beings or objects—is only one part of the use of language, but it is an
essential and prominent part. In many cultures people
have seen in the ability to name a means to control or to possess; this
explains the reluctance, in some communities,
with which names are
The science of
language is known as linguistics. It
includes what are generally distinguished as descriptive linguistics and historical
linguistics. Linguistics is now a highly technical
subject; it embraces, both descriptively and historically, such major divisions
as phonetics, grammar (including syntax and morphology), semantics,
and pragmatics,
dealing in detail with these various aspects of language.
Objective
reality describes what this days can be confirmed with the help of science describing
what confirms its meaning, but describing subjective reality most of the time depends
on the willingness of the concept of an individual or community.