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All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful
sentences. In written languages, meaning is (1).
through a system of (2)
rules for combining those characters. In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a
(3)
of sounds and rules for combining those sounds. Word order is more important in
English than it is in some languages, such as Russian.
Like other languages, English is always changing, but it changes very slowly. People invent
new words, borrow words from other languages and change the meaning of the words as needed. For
the English word byte was invented by computer specialists in 1959. The word
tomato was borrowed from Nahuatl, an American India language spoken in Mexico. The word meat
once referred to food in general. People learn English as well as languages (5)
listening.
copying what they hear, and using the language. Most school children learn their first languages
(6)
and sometimes other languages as well.