When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Glossary Language
The following was posted by Dan Parker:
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000
Name: Dan Parker
Subject: Language
"Togetherness is the true principle of reason and language, but means
of which are sensations and representations are modified" - Johann
Hamann
It's well known that word choice can affect perception with freedom
fighters becoming terrorists and vice versa depending on who is doing the
reporting. Less obvious is that the structure of language can also
cause misleading perceptions. 'Joe sees the dog' is an example of the
linear format of English. Other languages would structure this as 'Joe and
dog seeing', which creates the perception of a circle of causality. In
this simple case, Joe will know from experience that the environment
can bite back but in more complex situations, linear language will
reinforce a false impression of his relationship to the environment.
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