Is the diction appropriate for the content of the passage? Give reasons. Language is our facility to talk to each other. The word ‘talk’ is used not merely to avoid a rather more technical and high-sounding word like ‘communicate’; talk is more precise and more relevant to the special nature of human language than ‘communicate’. In the first place, all creatures ― cat, sparrow, and bee ― can be said to communicate with each other to some extent. They can attract each other’s attention, warn of danger, woo their mates, and direct the way to food. We are still learning just how well animals can communicate with each other, but there can be no doubt that animal communication is wholly rudimentary as compared with the complex and subtle control of language possessed by even the least intelligent or least educated English tramp or Australian aboriginal. It is therefore appropriate to say that language involves ‘talk’ to emphasize that language is a peculiarly human activity. Is the diction appropriate for the content of the passage? Give reasons.