The Building Blocks of Language Any discussion of human thought processes must include a discussion of language. Language is a foundation or building block of thinking. Language also has three building blocks. These building blocks provide structure and produce language. To produce language, one must build words using phonemes and morphemes, and then string those words into sentences using the rules of grammar; syntax and semantics. The first building block is a phoneme. They are …showed first 75 words of 382 total…

…showed last 75 words of 382 total…meaning or study of meaning derived from morphemes, words and sentences. Semantics rely on a variety of factors such as word choice, context and whether the intent is literal or figurative. Without these building blocks humans, of any language, would not be able to communicate with each other. These rules and units of speech are all important components to help express our thoughts, feelings and personal experiences through language, one less building block of thinking.