Sunday, June 30, 2013

Language

There are no ideas or thoughts of any kind that cannot be coherently expressed in language. For an idea or thought can exist only in language, or, at the bare minimum, in objects and symbols that are able to adequately perform a language function. Language is absolutely necessary in order to form coherent thoughts and ideas, that is, genuine thoughts and ideas. Thus, the more limited one is linguistically, the more limited cognitively. A person's power, precision, depth, and breadth of thought is largely dependent on his skill in language, grammar, and his mastery of vocabulary.

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