The verb to acquire is equivalent to others, such as achieve, obtain or get. The noun acquisition is used to refer to obtaining something, such as a manual skill, specific knowledge or an object of consumption.
language acquisition
Our ability to speak is not achieved easily and automatically, but requires a slow process of acquisition. According to experts who study human communication, there are two stages in relation to language acquisition. The first lasts approximately 12 months and is known as the pre-linguistic stage (during this period the baby only emits babbling and onomatopoeic sounds that are not yet articulated words).
In the second, the child begins to articulate words with meaning and this happens between 15 and 18 months. From this second level begins a process of evolution and acquisition of language that is not consolidated until 6 years of life. If a language was not learned for some reason during the first 6 years, its later acquisition would be fraught with difficulties (so-called “wild children” who have not been in contact with other human beings during childhood have not managed to develop full language acquisition).
The purchase of a product or service
In our society we do not stop acquiring things constantly. The fact of buying a simple object has a series of possible implications: that we are going to use it in our personal lives, that we are going to trade it or that we are going to use it as a gift to another person. We acquire things with all kinds of approaches, but in any case what is acquired is our property and the law protects the assets of each individual.
The value and price in the acquisition
Among the things that we can acquire, some have a specific price and others have a value that is impossible to calculate in economic terms. If I buy something I know perfectly well the price I have paid for it and what the amount paid represents for me.
On the other hand, I cannot calculate the value of the acquisition of a skill, of the language itself or of an inherited good. Although value and price are terms that we use interchangeably, they are actually different concepts. The price of a product is something objective, while the value it may have is totally subjective. Therefore, an object that is offered for sale has three dimensions: its cost, its price, and its value. The cost is the outlay that is made to manufacture a product or provide a service. The price is the amount of money that is set when purchasing a product or contracting a service. Value is the amount that customers would be willing to pay to meet their expectations. As the poet Antonio Machado said, only the fool confuses value and price.
Other appreciations
On the other hand, in the field of computing The term has a special presence since it designates a frequently used concept in this context such as that of Data acquisition which involves taking signals from the real world in order to obtain data that will later be processed and processed by a computer or another device.
Likewise, in colloquial language we find a reference for the word, since it is used when someone wants to highlight the help or excellent service that someone has provided or the benefits that person represents. “Laura’s boyfriend is a real addition to the family”.
Meanwhile, the word acquisition has several synonyms, in addition to the aforementioned purchase, such as: operation, obtaining, transaction…and is directly opposed to concepts such as those of loss and ruin.
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