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Semiotics! Signs, symbols. Human gestures, postures. Facial responses - all of if factors in to communication and learning. This is extremely helpful, widening my thinking. I so appreciate that! :D
Hi there! @Beiingnamang are you very visual in general? Prefer drawings/photos/etc. to words? This is also fascinating and shows we all do not learn or process sensory data the same way, yet education rarely addresses this well at all.
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To your first fascination, I'm unclear what you mean by needing to draw shapes. Example (you might have to draw a shape for me HA!) ;-)
To your second point, BAM! We need to apply a specificity algorithm to language and get as literal as possible. Could help us with conflict.
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First USA Census identifiers, 1790.
The number of free White males aged:
- under 16 years
- of 16 years and upward
- Number of free White females
- Number of other free persons
- Number of slaves
#Language #Identity #History #Census #Categorization #SystemFail
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A fascinating example of language classifications appears in the history of Census taking. USA now has wording that is inclusive of self-identity. I'd eradicate it all and go with the most literal, which is largely science and self-identity via experience. First USA Census?
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Words used in human identification are a current-event example of just how confusing illogical words or those with many meanings can be. If we applied a specificity algorithm and sorted to the most accurate word we can find, perhaps that can help us achieve more civil discourse.
So much of language is related to our first language(s) and those we learn. For me, fully fluent English and Spanish.I can read and write Hebrew, even without vowels, but have almost no comprehension. Yiddish. Ladino. I can read and find meaning in all Latin cores: Romanian.
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26 characters for English. It gets complex with more languages including programming (language is code). Add symbols (semiotics) and bam! Look at the sayings we have: "Action is more powerful than words." "First there was he Word." "The pen is mightier than the sword." Curious!
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Yes! I do agree there's a symbiotic relationship. And, word matching deed is powerful. Sadly, I don't know a human, very much including myself, that achieves word/deed consistently. I do work on it but human is human :D
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If you've been accused of "Thinking too much" (talk about a phrase I obsess over!) you probably have some of these traits. I'd love to hear other experiences about how words do or do not affect you, and why or why not. I'm refining my academic focus and this would be so helpful!
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Another quirk is the ability to be talking and still process other people talking to you. I had a neighbor in Las Vegas who insisted it was impossible. I know it's not because it's prominent in certain cultures - everyone talking or yelling at once. With gestures!
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Language processing: Nature and nurture? IQ can factor in, especially in how fast a person inputs and outputs language. This can be in any language, and the more languages including code, the more complex language processing becomes. #neurology #Cogntion #Linguistcs
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severe anxiety. Have any other folk experienced such overwhelming brain chatter it never stops, and may even be working on more levels than one can count? I do not know what this really emerged from, but it shows up in one sibling and was extreme in my mother, so one wonders...
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a strange form of word blindness for me, where I hear the words but do not look at actions as much. This can be very useful in terms of my work product, but when not channeled properly become utterly destructive. You've seen it in me. I trigger at certain terms to the point of
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What affected you as an individual more persistently and deeply? Words or actions. Recently I stated to a friend that words cause me incessant pain. It may be a hard parse, but the logic is there: I've got a real obsessional issue with words, specifically meaning. There's also
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Very verbal people whether in spoken word or written, or even just very prone to a lot of "brain chatter" "Monkey Mind" kind of thinking appear to be prone to respond to words over action. Generalization of course, but think about the things you heard prior to 6 years old.
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Recently I asked which people thought most potent: Word or Action? All ultimately landed on action but a few folks went a bit deeper talking about the power of word and deed match/mismatch. I think word and act are a chicken/egg type trick, as each can trigger the other.
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HA! Well you go Mr. Loquacious Chatty Cathy! I am just about to tweet thoughts about language and why the power of words is either equal to, more powerful than or perhaps simply symbiotic with action. Are you an extrovert perchance? Reader? Native language and learned languages?
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That makes sense I guess my mother was relentlessly demanding we pay attention to everything she did so my experience is a little different. 😉 She write quite a few books 7 of them published. The word "fault" when it comes from children evokes sad hearted emotions. We do grow!