This is a thread to consider and think about language.
Language has many different aspects, it might be considered as:
* a tool of thought,
* a means of communication,
* a way to express oneself,
* a system of logic,
* a method of representation,
* a set of symbols,
* the expression of a culture,
* a device to store ideas,
* a way to capture experience and feelings,
* a technique to persuade,
* a pattern of interaction,
... and many more things.
As someone who loves to read and who writes quite a bit (jottings, notes, journals, poems, ...), I find language entrancing, rich, complex and fascinating. It has incedidle power and at the same time it can be incredibly limiting, confining, and restricting. It can objectify and distance or bring something unknown alive in a mind.
It’s a remarkable thing.
Language can also embody history. Searching for the history of a word or an expression can reveal the migration and changes of ideas, cultures and people over time and place. The origin of a word can reveal a treasure chest of meanings both accumulated and carved away over time.