In neuropsychology, linguistics, and the philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation. Natural languages can take different forms, such as speech or signing.
What are the characteristics of natural language?
They are governed by a set of interrelated systems that include phonology, graphics (usually), morphology, syntax, lexicon, and semantics. All natural languages are conventional and arbitrary. They obey rules, such as assigning a particular word to a particular thing or concept.
