The Disadvantages Of Written Language And Written Language

Written language system started out from the Mesopotamian cuneiform and the first language that was written was Sumerian. The first written documents dated back 3200BC in the city of Uruk, and are still in use. The Sumerian symbols were depicted as pictographic objects labeled by the words. Spoken language is converted into an abstract code, and reading it is the speech changed back (Aronoff & Rees-Miller, 2001). The expressions written and spoken have totally distinctive definitions, the term written means language that can be drawn onto paper and read, while spoken language is expressed through speech and heard once without the use of such things as recording. Knowledge can be obtained from these two different sorts of language, in different

Written language is mostly linked with political and economic power and appreciated in literature in which grants high prestige among literate societies. Written language shifted in pursuit of gaining and the passing on academic and direct knowledge. An advantage that written language has over spoken language is that language change is nominal. Oral communication goes through the frequent change where speakers are oblivious. Written language is permanent and standardized, where the change is uncommon and slow. The knowledge gained from written language is undeniably constant and proper, whereas spoken language has many dialects among many domains and social groups that are vulnerable to frequent change. In the intricate societies we dwell in, it is essential to have one definite norm of written form for the means of communications. Governments and educational institutes have codified and standardized this written form of languages (Bright,

Written language is more intricate and complex than speech with longer sentences and explicitness. In the way of knowing in spoken language, the concurrent situations, and knowledge are shared between speaker and listener meaning that spoken language can be presumed and does not need to be precise. Nowadays there are far more text types in representing written literature in various formalities, these include letters, newspapers, blogs etc. Spoken language can be a handled similarly through different forms of dialects and accents. Moreover, knowledge of spoken language can be transferred to a greater level of immediacy with less retaining. The articulation in meaning can be moved to the listener through gestures, intonations, pauses etc (Ferraro & Palmer, n.d.). In my experience in learning Japanese, the written form has given me significant knowledge in compared with the spoken form. My knowledge of Japanese language and culture as a whole was based on the written knowledge. The intricately documented newspapers, comics, novels and articles have expanded my knowledge of reading and writing. I have progressively took in new logographic symbols the more I read in compared with speaking. Also watching TV shows with Japanese subtitles helped more in order to gain academic knowledge. To conclude, the written language is superior to the spoken form, as it is a record of the