Modes of Thinking in Language Study

Jesus Martinez del Castillo

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Modes of Thinking in Language Study

Jesus Martinez del Castillo

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 6-1)

Received: 21 March 2015 Accepted: 23 March 2015 Published: 31 March 2015

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Abstract

When we speak of language we usually use the concept of a particular language. In this sense the concept denoted with the word language may vary from one language to another. Real language (=the language spoken) on the contrary, is the reality lived by speakers thus encompassing complex and multifarious activities. Depending on the language spoken, the modes of thinking, modes of being in the conception of things and systems of beliefs transmitted by means of particular languages, denote the living reality of language with different grammatical categories. The concept “language” is expressed sometimes with a noun, thus denoting something existing in it; sometimes with a verb, thus denoting an action or an activity; and sometimes with an adverb, thus denoting the mode of an activity. The reality or degree of reality implicit in these grammatical categories involves a particular mode of thinking, prompted with a particular mode of being in the conception of things. Because of this it is necessary to distinguish the concept of language as something different from the reality of language. But first of all it is necessary to determine the reality or degree of reality of both the reality lived by speakers and the thing usually conceived of as language or a language.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 6-1) This article belongs to the Special Issue Linguistics of Saying
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.s.2015030601.20
Page(s)	77-84
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Keywords

Mode of Thinking, Mode of Being, the Conception of Things, Language, the Reality of Language, Beliefs, Idiomatic Knowledge

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Jesus Martinez del Castillo

Department of Philology, Faculty of Business Studies and Tourism, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain

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