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As was discussed in Chapter 2, language is both knowledge and behaviour. When we act upon our knowledge, we use some physical medium or channel (airwaves, marks on paper, electronic impulses, and so on) to produce perceptible behaviour in speech sounds or written letters. We make language manifest through pronunciation and spelling, that is to say, through spoken and written utterance.

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