We use language primarily as a means of communication with
other human beings. Each of us shares with the community in
which we live a store of words and meanings as well as agreeing S1.______
conventions as to the way in which words should be arranged to S2.______
convey a particular message; the English speaker has in his dis- S3.______
posal a vocabulary and a set of grammatical rules which enables S4.______
him to communicate his thoughts and feelings, in a variety of
styles, to the other English speakers. His vocabulary, in particular, S5.______
both that which he uses actively and that which he recognises, in-
creases in size as he grows old as a result of education and S6.______
experience.
But, whether the language store is relatively small or large, the
system remains no more than a psychological reality for the indi-
vidual , unless he has a means of expressing it in terms able to be
seen by another member of his linguistic community; he has to give S7.______
the system a concrete transmission form. We take it for granted the S8.______
two most common forms of transmission—by means of sounds pro-
duced by our vocal organs (speech) or by visual signs (writing). S9.______
And these are among most striking of human achievements. S10.______