Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
Language should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody's head.
One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language.
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.
Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.
Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.
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