Language is the way groups of people communicate. It’s the words we speak. Language is very important to my business because it can be a barrier to my success, but it is also essentially the mode through which I conduct any sort of transaction. Being unable to reach people that don’t speak the language that I do could really hurt my business. I could potentially miss people that my business would be perfect for, or they could miss out on the services I provide if we are unable to communicate. If I were to open my business in New York and I only marketed to people who speak English, then I would be missing out on a major group of potential customers. Language is the most essential part of life and everyone has to have it.
Language affects criminal Justice immensely. If you aren’t told that something is wrong, then how do you keep from doing it? If you can’t read a no-parking sign written in English because you only know Spanish, then you might park there and not think that you are doing anything wrong.
The connection between language and economics is simple. If economics is the passage of goods, services, and currency from one person or group to another, then language is the mode by which these things are exchanged. A business transaction, for instance, cannot occur without some type of communication. In the same sense, the economy of our country is dependent upon communication for exchange with not only the citizens of this country but also with other countries of the world.
History is also shaped by communication. The history of our country is deeply engrained in communication. A great work of communication, our constitution, was the way the founders of our country chose to communicate with the citizens of that time, but also with the citizens of the future. The history of the world is shaped by communication. It is how wars are fought, how countries become independent, and how leaders are elected. These events are also communicated through textbooks and personal accounts to shape our understanding of the world today.