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Dyaush k2a hai
WqTvGi
No.246185
How did humans come up with words that describe abstract concepts and feelings?
m/QVaV
No.246186
>>246185(OP)
rephrase it properly
mrJQ5y
No.246751
>>246185(OP)
Bump good thread
NkLkz7
No.246967
>>246186
How did humans come up with words for describing abstract concepts and feelings?
NkLkz7
No.246970
Did I get it right this time?
BJYJI8
No.246982
>>246185(OP)
Genetics + Random chance
How your jaw and overall mouth is shaped determines the foundation of language.
For example KSI whenever he tries to say "bro" it sounds like "boh". When speed tries to say "bruh" it sounds like "burr". These are due to genetics.
And the words themselves are permutations and combinations of previous words or shortened bastardized forms.
7VKi/y
No.246985
Some guy said whereof we can't speak thereof we stay silent. Some people just shut the fuck up when they can't explain anything.
tfA3Cy
No.247007
You are closing to an answer which will converge with invention of myths, religion, institutions.
harari mentioned a bit about these in his book sapiens, one of the interesting aspect about homo sapiens was their ability not only describe the things as they were rather invent a myth - which is the reason lead to formation of communities and groups or instiutions beyond the capability if we relied solely one 1 to 1 relationships.
NkLkz7
No.247015
I think you guys didn't quite get my question, I am simply asking that how did humans reach an agreement over how to call abstract concepts.
zHpH/e
No.247017
>>247015
Hila ke soja wannabe intellectual
oler1Z
No.247023
>>246185(OP)
>>247007
Its not that deep. They came up by shorting closest word to the feeling until the new word became the word for that feeling. Much like colors.
>The word "abstract" originates from the Latin verb abstrahere, which means "to draw away" or "pull away"
>It entered English through Middle French and came to be associated with things "drawn away" from physical reality or other concrete items.
Bhachcels make rai ka pahad of anything
UAg9+n
No.247024
>>246185(OP)
Humans, like any other creature, had the ability to process and understand basic patterns like pain=avoid.
Due to selection pressures, we evolved bigger brains and with it, the ability to understand more complex patterns which we perceive as "abstract". And then we learnt to associate some of these patterns with noises made from our vocal cords and the rest is history.
NkLkz7
No.247029
>>247024
This is the answer I was looking for, thanks.
57ztJZ
No.247059
I was watching arrival the other day. It's based on Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. So basically, words aren't just symbols, they also carry with them history, culture, philosophy, art basically the entire cognition of people who developed them.
So, in my theory, words for abstract concepts and feelings came from multilingual people who had grown up and lived in different cultures. They then exchanged those ideas between the languages
vsvBjx
No.247087
>>246185(OP)
Not all humans did that. You should look into subsaharan african languages. They lack native words for abstract concepts like 'maintenance' and 'obligation'. Their languages are overly simplistic. They are something you would expect from a child to come up with. Language is reflection of iq of a race.
NUdlv9
No.247091
>>247059
Seems interesting
FYI in case you wanna go into a rabbit hole on this topic
> The movie arrival is based on this very concept
> The Chinese language allows it's users to have a very long view of time for it's ability to express something in the far past and present in the same tense. This reflects in their culture and worldview
> German language is famous for compound words allowing user to capture complex ideas in one compound word
You may share something you know. This is quite interesting to me
zHpH/e
No.247098
>>247087
So does it mean Indians are smartest
UAg9+n
No.247104
>>247091
Yes, this is very interesting
I have also read about this one aboriginal tribe that dont have words for left-right, and only communicate directions through cardinal directions(north, south, east, west). And so they subconsciously keep track of the directions at all times and basically have a built in compass
