Discuss the relationship between language and knowledge.

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Aliki-Maria Papazoglou

Discuss the relationship between language and knowledge

        Language and knowledge have certain intrinsic worth and we

consider that the existence of one is vital for the existence of the other

one. In order to examine the relationship between language and

knowledge we need to term them respectively.

Knowledge can be defined as the info that we use from our

everyday life to the difficult theories of philosophers and researchers.

Some samples are ‘I love you’ and  ‘the earth is moving around its axes’.

Here we have information on our belief (I believe that I love you) and

information of a fact, which is derived from thinking (I think that the

earth is moving around its axes). Consequently, we can come to a

definition that knowledge is a result of three levels, where data are

combined to set up information, then by synthesising them with

conclusions you come to knowledge. For example, data are such as

‘Monday, hate, rain, morning’, and by synthesising correctly ‘On

Monday morning I hate to rain’, and synthesise it with the conclusion of a

past unpleasant experience of one rainy Monday morning, then you are

acknowledged that I hate if it will rains again on Monday morning. In

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general knowledge is derived from the validation of generalisation.

        On the other hand, language realistically  is  a  product  of  the  

impulse  of  humans  to  exchange  knowledge  or  opinions  about  it.  

Language  is  not  only  a  mean  of  communication  but  it  is  also  a  

barrier. If two people both speak the same language, they can

communicate with each other and exchange ideas. If they speak different

languages, and do not have a language in common, communication is

difficult.

Although there has never been truly a ...

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