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Communication usually involves many '''words''' put together to communicate a complete idea or multiple ideas together. A '''word''' is a recognizable communication holding an idea/meaning, that can thereby be transferred. A '''morpheme''' is likewise a recognizable communication holding an idea/meaning that can thereby be transferred, but it is the smallest unit of language that does so. So all morphemes can be seen as words, but not all words are morphemes, since a word can also be composed of multiple morphemes (note that in many languages, although all morphemes carry identifiable meaning, not all morphemes are ''used'' as standalone words due to linguistic conventions or because they require pairing to transfer ''sufficient'' meaning). Similarly, depending on the language a unit of language called a '''letter''' may serve as a building block only conveying sufficient meaning combined together with other letters to form morphemes/words, or otherwise a letter may already essentially serve as a morpheme/word itself with a basic identifiable meaning that stands on its own | Communication usually involves many '''words''' put together to communicate a complete idea or multiple ideas together. A '''word''' is a recognizable communication holding an idea/meaning, that can thereby be transferred. A '''morpheme''' is likewise a recognizable communication holding an idea/meaning that can thereby be transferred, but it is the smallest unit of language that does so. So all morphemes can be seen as words, but not all words are morphemes, since a word can also be composed of multiple morphemes (note that in many languages, although all morphemes carry identifiable meaning, not all morphemes are ''used'' as standalone words due to linguistic conventions or because they require pairing to transfer ''sufficient'' meaning). Similarly, depending on the language a unit of language called a '''letter''' may serve as a building block only conveying sufficient meaning combined together with other letters to form morphemes/words, or otherwise a letter may already essentially serve as a morpheme/word itself, with a basic identifiable meaning that stands on its own and that can then be combined with other letters to present deeper or altered meanings. | ||
===Intonation=== | ===Intonation=== | ||
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Language is how living beings communicate, combining words and usually intonations to record or transfer meaning. How those words and intonations present themselves varies very widely among species, cultures, and even individuals. Language can be audibly, visually, or otherwise sensorily communicated. Language can be the means by which a living being communicates internally, as well.
Words
Communication usually involves many words put together to communicate a complete idea or multiple ideas together. A word is a recognizable communication holding an idea/meaning, that can thereby be transferred. A morpheme is likewise a recognizable communication holding an idea/meaning that can thereby be transferred, but it is the smallest unit of language that does so. So all morphemes can be seen as words, but not all words are morphemes, since a word can also be composed of multiple morphemes (note that in many languages, although all morphemes carry identifiable meaning, not all morphemes are used as standalone words due to linguistic conventions or because they require pairing to transfer sufficient meaning). Similarly, depending on the language a unit of language called a letter may serve as a building block only conveying sufficient meaning combined together with other letters to form morphemes/words, or otherwise a letter may already essentially serve as a morpheme/word itself, with a basic identifiable meaning that stands on its own and that can then be combined with other letters to present deeper or altered meanings.
Intonation
Intonation is attached to letters/words to either deeper or alter their meaning.
Writing
Writing is the recording of language visually in a way that meaning can be facilely retrieved from later. Many different systems of writing exist for languages, but the Lynguistykon and other written works related to Somewhere Else usually use a uniform system of writing in general in order to be accessible.
