Language, Meaning and Social Order

摘要: This essay attempts to x-ray how proper use of language can promote development and social stability, its improper hinder them, instead generate conflicts, disharmony, consequent disorder. It briefly surveys the nature meaning, opines that both are intertwined as human phenomena. discusses role in order consequently attainment national stability linguistic incompetence conflicts disharmony. The argues misunderstanding which exists between or among individuals, groups nations result conflict war are, most often, hinged on misuse, misconstrual used, or, manipulation for selfish reasons. we benefit when is properly communicated understood loose it improperly corrupted. further competence interfered with distorted whatever reason reasons horrors descend mankind resulting untold, unimaginable, irreversible consequences. work suggests effective communication be enhanced some problems resolved. Keywords : Language, Meaning, Linguistic (In)competence, Social (In)stability, (Dis)order, Development