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Language Is a Tool for Communication, Not for Thought, MIT Researchers Argue
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But in many cases, language may also serve as a framework construct around which thoughts are rendered.
I’d have to agree. Not just many cases, but all cases.
And what are thoughts if not communication with the self?
But, language is more than communication, it literally structures our world.
Except the cases that think without words and translate afterwards. A common pattern in Autism and Aspergers.