The author of “Challenging Theories of Knowing” mainly talks about that language reflects and influences our thought. I strongly agree with his idea. In fact, I can feel more about this influence as an international student.
The difference between languages creates different traditions and principles. This difference appears every single aspect of people’s life. For instance, Chinese language is a tonal language that one word with different tones can represent very diverse meanings. Also, there are nearly 50,000 characters in Chinese, and they can be used into tons of complicated sentences. Therefore, it turns out that most Chinese people are intelligent and hard-working because we have to memorize those characters and use them right. On the contrary, English is not as complicated as Chinese, and sometimes one word can stand for many things. I think English is a more creative language than the other languages in the word. So, most people who speak English are imaginative and outgoing. They don’t have complicated principles but a free life.
Anyway, language is nearly the first thing we have learned since we were born. As we become older, our language competence is also becoming stronger. Consequently, does our personality or characteristic change over time? If the answer is yes, then we can say that language does reflect and influence our thought.
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