Re: LOGO-L> Language vs Visual

[Das Menon <dmenon@pacific.net.sg>]

Hello Everyone,

I belive that what makes a "language" intelligent to us is our association
with it ie. the meaning we associate with a group of "letters" or more
correctly "sound". When we have no such prior comparisons available, the
'language' becomes both incomprehensible as well as painful. The same is
true of music. 

My theory on language comprehension is based on the observation that
children tend to learn languages (spoken) at a much faster rate than adults
becuase unlike adults they do not associate grammer, syntax etc with a new
'language' they encounter. To them it is just a play of sounds. Their
approach to language, I think, is this: "If I make a sounds in this
particular manner, this person understands, and if I make sounds in another
pattern, another person understands."

The lack of a previous association is the reason that the 'language'
discovered from the Indus valley civilization remains un-decoded till today.

Regards...Das



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