TOK HOMEWORK 

1)What have you learnt in the last two sessions about language? what came to your mind that you have not shared with the class? 

The one aspect that we ave discussed in class about language is how linked most of them are, we were shown a video that discussed the similarities in language and how we should really think on whether any language is different from ours, the one thing that came to my mind is that all languages do have a foundation tat it is built off. The origin of some language are religious based while other are history based, yet because language is such a diverse feature it is also increasing and our vocabulary is also getting larger within each new generations.

2) What is language? How important is body language across cultures?Do we think differently wen we speak more than one language? 

Langauge is the form of communicating and sharing/expressing your feeling from one person to another. Body language is based on different culture however also can be stereotypes. Some people believe that all Italians use hand movements when in reality that isn't the case, some Italians may have adopted it from their parents doing it while other people in mental find it a more effective way of expressing their opinion wit the use of body or hand movement. I do think that we do think differently , if the language that you speak is self taught so something you adapted from a class or perusal interest then yes i don't think language will effect the person way of thinking.But if the language is something that we know through country or religious origin then i do this it will play a part in the way we think or act upon certain situations that seem appropriate t the culture or religion we are associated with. 

How reliable is language?? Explore these aspects: (lost in translation, misunderstandings, legitimacy of language, language used in marketing, media, bias...) 

Language is the mechanism that all human beings use to communicate however some are portrayed  differently due to their platform and users of it. 

Through the Language Glass: How Words Colour Your World by Guy Deutscher

1st world claim: It turned out that it wasn't just the Ancient Greeks who never said the sky was blue. None of the ancient languages had a proper word for blue. What we now call blue was once subsumed by older words for black or for green. (In fact, this is why in Japan green lights are actually a bluer shade of green than in the rest of the world. The word used for the green of traffic lights is ao, which used to mean "green and blue" but now means blue. Rather than change the word, they changed the colour.)