"Perhaps of all creations of man language is the most astonishing" - Giles Lytton Strachey

       I am inclined to agree with what G.L.Strachey claimed. From all inventions of ancient civilizations the language is the best one. It is considered to be the definition of humanity because there where people are there language exists. Some arguments are provided in order to prove that language is the most astonishing creation of humans.
       Firstly, language is a means of communication in any society. It is a system of symbols through which people express their thoughts, ideas, feelings and understand each other, in a word communicate. Generally, people use language in every single action they daily do. People realize that language can exist only in the human society because it is an result which appears after what people interact. This is due to the fact that man is the only being who has the ability of speaking. The language is the characteristic possessed by people which differentiate them from animals.
       In the second place, people can use other means of communication such as symbols and signs which are interpreted in the human language. The symbols and signs are shared by the members of one community. Symbols may be spoken, written or signed with the hands. There are some types of signs which are natural, conventional and linguistic. Natural signs are those which happen around people as natural result and which communicate a certain message. For example, a footprint is a natural sign left on a soft surface. In contrast, people are likely to use more conventional signs. Conventional signs are the auditory and visual devices created in order to transmit messages from one person to another. They have different meanings in different situations. The linguistic signs are the abstract structures which participate in a linguistic system or language.
      Thirdly, people use either verbal communication or non-verbal one. The non-verbal communication is called body language too. It has a special term "Kinesics" which refers to body movements, facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, body possitions, forms of greeting and their relation to communication. Some kinds of body movements such as yawning, stretching are physiological, others like staring, showing a victory sign are personally and culturally determined.
      Later, nobody can say exactly how language came into being. It is only known that humans appeared first and then the language. This leads to some theories according to which it is believed that the language was created by man. First of all, they say that language is a gift of the Gods to humans. Next, humans evolved a Language Acquisitions Device. One theory suggests this perhaps gave Homo sapiens an advantage over Homo neatherthalis. Some other 6 theories are divided into invention or imitation hypotheses and neccessity hypotheses. Invention or imitation hypotheses are: ding-dong hypothesis, pooh-pooh hypothesis, bow-wow hypothesis and ta-ta hypothesis while the necessity hypotheses are: warning hypothesis, yo-he-ho hypothesis and lying hypothesis. These hypotheses state different points why people began to speak by in the end they claim that language appeared due to humans.
       In conclusion, I would like to point out that language is a very significant property possessed by people. It is a characteristic which gives everybody the possibilty to communicate, express his/her thoughts, opinions and maintain certain relations with those around him/her. Man can be proud that he has managed to discover the most astonishing tool ever which is called Language.