I was at a foriegn exchange camp and a girl I got to know very well (from Isreal) said that she'd be on the phone with her mom and start speaking English! (we were in a English speaking camp). |
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a friend of mine went to australia for a year. when he came back to sweden he told me that after beeing in australia and after spoken english a lot he started to think in english. that leads me to a question: how would it be without having a language? |
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I was at a foriegn exchange camp and a girl I got to know very well (from Isreal) said that she'd be on the phone with her mom and start speaking English! (we were in a English speaking camp). |
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I think of it differently. If we are born with others and grow up with no taught language, we will invent some form of communication, something basic, and in generations to come, the communication would become more advanced (stricter, written, that sorta thing). So I believe this is why we don't see writings from the first people to hit earth. Language evolved to come up with symbols and eventually a good, written system. Which leads me to think.... where is language going to go in the next couple hundred years... I think many will die out as technology ties things together, and only places that are not tied in will keep their native tongues. |
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In this crazy world if they don't consider you mad, then you have no confirmation of your own sanity, do you?
Imagine if this crazy world thought you were sane?! Oh my God, worst nightmare!
-David Icke
yes, as i was trying to point to above.. there would be other methods of communication, via body lang, etc. |
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Language is a way of communicating thought, but not all thoughts take the form of language. What about visual art? Thought definitely goes into it, and there's even communication, but it's not verbal. Just read an artist's statement sometime; when they try to translate their work into language, it's often half-gibberish . |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
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In this crazy world if they don't consider you mad, then you have no confirmation of your own sanity, do you?
Imagine if this crazy world thought you were sane?! Oh my God, worst nightmare!
-David Icke
Could language be like a pre-programmed thing or instinct nowdays inside us, as we have evolved with it so long, or is it still simply a simple communication tool that we learn to use?? |
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i started a topic going in chat a while back. |
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Language is the medium by which we percieve and interpret our thoughts. If we had no language we would still think, but I don't think thought could develop as much without a developed langauge, it would be much more difficult to arrive at conclusions without placing labels on things. |
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I can think without words if I try, but so can everybody. Before the words are formed in your head, you get an impulse (the true thought) which quickly translates into words, but doesn't have to. Thinking without words can be described as knowing something as opposed to telling that something to someone. |
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It has been hypothesized that langauage changes your entire way of thinking, though it is more of a "I exist here, and now." More abstract ways of thinking are possibly harder to use without language. |
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Insanity is the new avant-garde.
Here are some thoughts on how language effects mathematical abilities |
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Language does help you to set a thought aside for later use, though. Even if you're not communicating it, language can provide a way of storing ideas so that you can build on them later. Also, you can build more complex ideas by sharing information through language. Of course, we could debate the value of complex ideas all day... |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
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