language

Over the centuries people have had a terrible time trying to explain LOVE in words. LOVE is something one has to experience, LOVE can not be explained, LOVE has to be felt. You don't know LOVE unless you have LOVED someone or have been LOVED by someone.

Everything can be expressed through the use of language, provided the proper skill set is present. It is the job of the person doing the explanation to explain his/her message w/ proper communication. It is also the part of the listner to analyze/comprehend what has been said. Just because some people do not have the capacity to understand something, whatever that may be, does not mean there are things that cannot be explained. If there is a problem in getting the message/explanation across - the problem would be a lack of communication or comprehension - not an that something cannot be explained by language alone. Absurd.

I think language in itself is not rich enough to explain everything in life.there are things (especially spiritual) that are ineffable and as such can't be expressed by words; they are too deep for words.

Events, items, experieences, etc. come first before a language is coined for them, not the other way round. Any strange thing cannot have a single word to represent it immediately. It is only later that a word will be coined for it. For instance, we have never witnessed a snow in my place. As such, there is no single word to represent it in my own local language. It can only be described in a set of words. Anything that is unusual will always be inexplicable at first. It is only when that thing happens over and over or to many people that an attempt will be made to give it a name. However, there are cases where something that has always existed happens to somebody who has never experienced or heard of it before. For instance, a patient may find it difficult to explain how he is feeling, until a test is done which reveals the likely condition.

Events, items, experieences, etc. come first before a language is coined for them, not the other way round. Any strange thing cannot have a single word to represent it immediately. It is only later that a word will be coined for it. For instance, we have never witnessed a snow in my place. As such, there is no single word to represent it in my own local language. It can only be described in a set of words. Anything that is unusual will always be inexplicable at first. It is only when that thing happens over and over or to many people that an attempt will be made to give it a name. However, there are cases where something that has always existed happens to somebody who has never experienced or heard of it before. For instance, a patient may find it difficult to explain how he is feeling, until a test is done which reveals the likely condition.

Absollutely. There are thousands of dialects around the world.Nobody can explain every word or every expression of another language accurately. Each language has its own characteristic.We just can say the two or more languages seem the same,not the same.

Definitely. Inadequacy of human language is obvious in many issues in life. Just the matter of understanding the divine or God is often riddled with misunderstanding because of this limitation. A finite language can never fully explain infinite truths and any attempt to reduce definitions in simple sentences presupposes errors. When faced with such limitations, people resort to the use of analogies to explain the truth but there is always a point where analogies breakdown. Inadequacy of language is also obvious in defining love. No single definition is enough and not even a group of sentences or a whole book can suffice.

There'S a great poem by Michael Ende (the guy who wrote The Never ending Story) about Realists and trying to explain reality....he says it is impossible to Write about reality because it is a way to big concept to grasp..... Now, yes I believe there are things that cannot explained with language especially since there are things we can't understand...wec cannot explain something we can'*t know, although except for mathematical problems I think Language can be extended to explain most things (although we can't know if we explained them right.