When, in the course of human language, it becomes necessary for people to
create or redefine, words or phrases to express an object or an action; and to assume,
among society, the acceptance and usage of these words and their definitions, in one's
own language, or idiolect. A decent respect to the opinions of mankind, requires that
Americans should recognize slang adopted into language.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that language is expression of thought,
in the form of speech or written symbols, that have agreed-upon meanings. That, many
large speaking languages contain dialects, or other versions of languages within a
community, that are different in some aspects of grammar, pronunciation, or vocabulary.
That, because language is a form of one's own ideas and expression, everyone possesses
his or her own individual language, or idiolect. That, not only does perception change
language, but that language changes perception. That, through the......

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Title: The Declaration Of Language
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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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