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social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > language and communication
... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > communication studies > communication theory > semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations > language and communication

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language and communication  

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  • Although people use a variety of code systems to create and express meaning, language is obviously central to the communication process, as the extensive theoretical literature so amply demonstrates. Many fields of study have contributed to this literature, including most centrally linguistics and its offshoots in psychology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Communication Theory; Language and Communication]

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