Symbols and representations of objects also form words. No one would argue that “:)” is not an intelligible unit of information, nor would they argue that it is in the same category as “;-)” or “:-(,” and that while they are all units in the same language, they all have different meanings. Many argue that there are dialects within this language of emotional indicators, and differentiate “:-),” “:-},” and “:-D.” Gestures are the thoughts of the body For some languages, we don’t even need the paper. All we need to do is see and feel. This is how sign language works. Where audible language is in the mouth, sign language is in the hands, the arms, and the face. The
words are gestures, performed by feel and “read” by sight. Even for those not fluent in sign language, there is a “body language” of motion and facial expression. It is not by accident that we speak of “reading” the faces of others, just as those who do not hear might “read” their lips. Inner language is pure thought There is a language unique to every man, woman, and child, literate or illiterate, with or without speech, sight, or hearing. It is the language too deep to write, or speak; its words too deep and strong to share except in pale approximation. These are the words of pure thought. The memory of the sight of a lover’s hand on the doorknob may be a