2006-12-11 01:27:30 · 10 answers · asked by Red5 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
words in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him who uses them ( John Locke, 1690).......we thus create our worlds with the words we utter. you are bound when you say 'i will meet you at the restaurant at 8pm, and you begin to structure and rearrange your life and waking moments to do just that. NO! they are not something we just say!
2006-12-11 08:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by onukpa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we didn't have words, we would have to find another way of communicating with each other - i.e. start all over again. Maybe that's what love is all about! The perfect act of peace - a very attractive thought - which everyone could develop.
2006-12-11 12:39:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, words are just something we say to communicate to each other in society.
They are not needed when one is alone.
2006-12-11 10:41:13 · answer #3 · answered by Presea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. There are plenty of people in the world who do not have the power of speach and they cope! I think words we speak are just something to occupy our mouths!
2006-12-11 14:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by Disco Dolly 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. According to linguists like Chomsky language actually makes thought possible.
2006-12-11 09:31:11 · answer #5 · answered by texascrazyhorse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no- they are also things we write and think about in our heads. so therefore, its not just a form of verbal and oral communication but literacy-wise and mentally, it is something we think and put down on a piece of paper
2006-12-11 16:27:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they are
2006-12-11 09:31:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they are something with which we play.......
2006-12-11 11:18:33 · answer #8 · answered by rondavous 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. they are actions we do as well
2006-12-11 09:34:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DUH!
2006-12-11 10:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by fluttergirl2004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋