Language in Humanities

The study of language is a vital part of humanities! Through the language we use, we are more able to understand human conditions, methods of living, thought processes, and other aspects of better understanding humans and human behavior. 

In the early 1900's, Ludwig Wittgenstein presented an idea which caused great debate in the twentieth and twenty-first century! He was interested in defining how large a role language played in communities. His perspective was that the meaning behind sentences came from particular ways words were spoken and the context of the sentence. He claimed that many of our philosophical confusions derive from the vocabulary we use. 

So, is the power in language there because of the context each word is in? Or can I communicate a thought just through a vocabulary word? 

"If a lion could talk, we could not understand him." -Ludwig Wittgenstein

There he is!