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A mind without language
It isn't easy to imagine our mind without language. We can't think, plan, or relate to other people if we lack words to structure our ideas.
Bertrand Russel stated that the task of language is to "make possible thoughts which could not exist without it."
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Our language is a scaffold
In adults, language is separate from other functions of the brain.
Our language is but a scaffold for our minds. It is indispensable during the formative years but can be done away with once the building is in place.
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Non-linguistic limitations
The lack of language affects even functions like math. Keeping track of exact numbers above four requires knowing the words for these numbers. The language-number interdependency means many deaf children in industrialized societies fall behind in math because they did not learn t...
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Language and acquiring information
Take language away, and the amount of information you can acquire decreases.
Many deaf children born into hearing families live in a world unable to communicate properly. They are never exposed to abstract ideas such as "justice" or "global warming." Unless the parents learn sign langu...
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Adult individuals with aphasia
Language can disappear after severe damage to the brain. It is known as aphasia - the inability to understand or produce speech.
Research on adults with aphasia has demonstrated that math, theory of mind, and other cognitive abilities are independent from language....
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Language And The Mind - The Writers’ Perspective
Many great thinkers have drawn a strong connection between language and the mind. Oscar Wilde called language “the parent, and not the child, of thought”; Ludwig Wittgenstein claimed that “the limits of my language mean the limits of my world”; and Bertrand Russell stated that the role of...
Language is a medium
Language functions as a medium for expressing thoughts and as a means for developing them.
The act of expression exposes the gaps and carelessness of our thinking. This common experience could tempt us to think that whenever articulation is hard, and we finally arrive at t...
A life without rules
Imagine living in a world without rules.
- Language follows rules. Breaking away from the rules of language makes us incoherent.
- Consider the rules of sport or games, the rules of chess or football. Without the rules, chess wouldn't be chess. A game without rules is no game a...
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