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To what extent are beliefs, thoughts and knowledge restricted or helped by the language which can be used to express them?
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TOK: To what extent are beliefs, thoughts and knowledge restricted or helped by the language which can be used to express them? For: * If a person is really interested in something or someone they will have such passion for this thing that they will use as many positive and detailed descriptions. This can be due to people's thought processes and perhaps the individual is really keen on allowing someone else to get the full picture (understanding) of their idea that they will want it to be as accurate as possible. However, in some languages, such a thorough portrayal can be described by the use of only one word. For instance, in the Australian language, Pintupi, the word 'katara', is the hole that a goanna makes when it has broken the surface of its burrow after hibernation. Here, we can see that it takes many words to reproduce the meaning that the...
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