CHAPTER III. 



Language Embraces Speech.— Speech, Words, Grammar, and 

 Rhetoric. 



A definition of the word speech, as used in 



this particular work, is given elsewhere ; and by 



this definition the word is used only in that sense 



which limits it to the sphere of oral sounds. It 



is that form of language which addresses itself 



only to the ear. The sounds which constitute 



it may be supplemented by signs or gestures, 



but such signs are only adjuncts, and are not 



to be regarded as an integral part of speech 



in its true sense. Speech cannot be acquired 



by those forms of life which occupy the lowest 



horizons of the animal kingdom and have no 



organs with which to produce sound. In the 



light of modern use and acceptation, language 



broadly interpreted includes all modes and 



means of communication between mind and 



mind. It therefore includes speech as one form, 



while signs or gestures constitute another form. 



Writing in all its various modes is another form 



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