LANGUAGE (Internal and External)
Charles François (2004). LANGUAGE (Internal and External), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1853.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1853 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
J. PLATT states (as cited by ALLEN and STARR — 1982, p.86): “In general the internal language of a system is never the same as its external language to the environment or to other systems”.
ALLEN and STARR give some biological examples of this, but such differences between internal and external languages are possibly still more obvious in the cases of institutional systems (e.g. the judicial system), economic ones (enterprises) or political and cultural ones (e.g. the Catholic Church, Japanese society).