... outmost antiquity, every sort of the human community uses some form of language, same or different. Whether we are aware of it or not, the art of language plays a major role in our daily survival and existence. Aldous Huxley writes in an article called 'Words and Their Meanings' (1940) that "Without language, behaviour is nonhuman". Interestingly enough, this is true. Without language, how would man have been able to develop skill, knowledge and wisdom from others, including those of past generations? Look at the evidence: Gorillas, for example. There may be some true intellectual geniuses among gorillas, but because they have no conceptual form of language, their thoughts and attainment cannot be traced. Thus, we tend to shelve them as simian beasts of a lesser intelligence. A man named Ludwig Wittgenstein once said "If we spoke a different language, we'd perceive a different world". Through this arises many ...

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