Language, in a sense, is "man's culminating cultural instrument." It is a social institution. It is an expression of human spirit. Every language has its own set of vocabulary. And every word has its own sound. Indeed, words are more than sounds-they emote bhava in the listener. For poets, words are vennelalo adukone andamaina adapillalu- "beauteous belles playing about under the moonlight."

Words are the accepted vehicles of new things, new ideas, new attitudes, or new points of view. Every practitioner of a language must acquire a fair understanding of words. No matter even if it is one's mother-tongue, one can enjoy it more, only if he or she could see it from the inside-looking at the words with a feeling for them. This becomes feasible only when one knows what the symbol, the sound, the word stands for.....

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