"A symbolic, rule-driven system of conventional signs employed for purposes of communication, self-expression, representation, thinking and manipulation of concepts, definition of the world and reality, storage and transmission of knowledge, establishing and maintaining of social relations, creating and participating in group identities, incorporating new members into an existing group, marking boundaries with or excluding other individuals or groups, and the creative and recreative transformation of the world."
— Fidel Fajardo-Acosta provides the single-best definition of “language” I’ve ever seen. [via his Introduction to Language and Linguistics page]
