Do we owe our mental capacity to the human language?

Answer 1

Yeah......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics

Answer 2

I don't think that's completely true because there are instanance where people are speachless that doesn't toatally mean that they've become incapited. But I can understand where you're coming from.

There was a thing that I saw on PBS that talked about how there was gene that was needed in order to talk. But the people that didn't have it they would not be able to talk any language and they would have a hard time understanding speach. But through reptition they were able to perform some taskes. And they weren't retarded. Because while they tested higher then that.

But no final answer I think there's more to than language to our capacity final point look at math.

Answer 3

we owe our mental capacity to the human language to a degree. its with constant communication and thinking do we allow to stretch out what our minds are created to do. I don't believe that human language or conditioning really holds all that is capable of our mental capacity. if that makes sense.

Answer 4

or do we owe our language to our mental capacity? without language, wed have less mental capacity, certainly but without mental capacity,we wouldnt have been able to develop language. /btw, all human languages are very complex; there are no 'primitive' languages.

Answer 5

Thinks in words.
If the written language was such a big thing thinks programming languages will mean bigger things.
Metal capacity expanding exponentially.

Answer 6

Scientists and engineers usually use non-lingual, conceptual thinking.

Answer 7

No, to our ability to think conceptually.

Answer 8

I think that it's WWWWAAAAAYYYYY more then that.
Look what we can do with our hands.

:) Peace