ABSTRACT
Moving along the scale of abstraction, Sprog can refer to the language of a nation or ethnic group, or to the specialized language of a profession. This meaning encompasses the different modes by which signs are used (for example, in speech or writing, or in coded form). Sprog can also be defined as a specific statement, remark, saying, or proverb: a condensed utterance2 (in a similar way to the use of “word” in a request to someone to “speak a word to us,” or the contemporary response to a pithy insight with the exclamation “Word!”).
