TOK Ezra Pound
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Evaluate Ezra Pound's claim that "no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension". Language is the systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings.[1] (salereo definitions) Language allows us to express ourselves in such a way that other people can understand us. However, there are many limitations on how far it can actually be used in order for us to be able to communicate our thoughts and emotions to other people exactly as we understand or feel it. For this reason Language can be considered one of the most important "tools" of communication in the world. In this essay, I shall make a critical analysis about the statement above, discussing its claims and alternative perspectives. Firstly I will define language using two opposing perspectives, I will continue by analyzing these definitions in...

