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The Limits of my Language are the limits of my world.
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Joao Harding The Limits of my Language are the limits of my world. "Do we fully appreciate what language does for us? The capacity for abstraction and symbolism opens the doors of human intelligence, and the capacity for symbolic exchange provides the possibility of knowledge through the description of others". Today language has become very important in our existence and survival. We are dependant on language not to only to communicate but also to think on a day to day basis. In our age of technology and science our creations such as the Internet, fax machines have taken the power of language for granted. One question people may ask is what is language. To simplify the answer language is a system of symbols, which can be combined in vast numbers and combinations allowing us to create an understanding of the world and also allowing us to communicate with others. Understanding...
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