Study paper from 2011 in the field of Rhetoric, Phonetics, and Speech Science, grade: 2.0, University of Siegen, course: Practical Rhetoric, language: German.

Abstract: "Language is inherently a social phenomenon. Its most important functions are to serve as a means of communication within society and as a medium for the generalized reflection of objective reality in human consciousness. Therefore, language also acts as an expression of human consciousness and as a tool for planning and directing social processes. It follows that all social processes are connected to language and have a linguistic aspect." This quote, among others, represents a way to understand the function of language. The clearly dominant core of the definition by Michel and K.