Language - Necessity or Privilege
Language constantly controls our world by controlling how we perceive it. The manner in which we express emotions dictate whether we can identify the emotion in ourselves. If one doesn't know that feeling discontent meant being angry, they could perhaps not identify the tendency and control their evoked actions.Without being aware of grieving, an individual could struggle with the issue their entire life. However, whether whether specifically words are needed to communicate these feeling is limiting as other forms of expression such as body language, creative works, etc. are employed to interact with one's surroundings. The way we apply language in society directs its survival as "if thought corrupts language, language can corrupt thought" (George Orwell) and the corrupted language affect the thoughts of all those subjected to its control.Similarly, the way that expressive language is interpreted can change its meaning alongside its cultural effects. The tone of an individual's speech has just as much effect on the audience as the words themselves. An example of this is in New Girl, a popular TV show, when Nick and Schmitt are expressing very endearing notions towards Jess, however doing so in a loud and blunt manner. The effect on atmosphere and intention of the interaction become negative as she is confused in regards to their contradictory expression. Therefore, body language and tone can be used to communicate ideas to other of different language and culture, even if the words are not understood. In this way, human understanding is limitless as expression takes all forms. When an individual's tone and body language affect the audience more than their content, it is possible that language is not necessary for productive human interaction however difficult frequent expression may become. Language is therefore not a necessity to society, but rather a privilege of expression as we can have both local and global understanding.
