Ethics

All throughout the history of mans existence on Earth, it was evidently seen that man made use of language as a tool to communicate concepts that are produced by their respective mental processes (Larochie, Pons  Richard, 2009). The utilization of language to represent the messages that one wants to convey and share to his or her fellow men is in conjunction to the role of language in describing and representing the world around us (Larochie, Pons  Richard, 2009). In both terms, language is used as a tool or a channel to put into words and understandable concepts the underlying meaning and explanations to daily life events, and other phenomena (Larochie, Pons  Richard, 2009). The effectiveness of language in serving as a tool in accomplishing these purposes is evidently seen on its functionality in ethnic  identity, individual recognition (Larochie, Pons  Richard, 2009), and general global communication (Gabbott  Hogg, 2000).

Unfortunately, despite of the cited effectiveness of language, it is still not free of weaknesses and an example of which is depicted on the argument of explicitness which states that the effectiveness of language as a vehicle of thought is affected by the explicitness of the instrument of thought and the explicitness of the natural language (Gabbott  Hogg, 2000, pg. 384). It argues that the interpretation of language is dependent on the completeness and stability of the meaning in different states and cultural subgroups (Gabbott  Hogg, 2000). Hence, it is being said here that the weakness of language is seen on the subjectivity that may be attributed in the interpretation of individuals on major concepts or ideas that are given to them (Gabbott  Hogg, 2000). One practical illustration of this is seen in the event whenever non-verbal communications are misinterpreted (Vicente  Martinez-Manrique, 2008). This misinterpretation is a product of the pre-formed biases of the individual regarding the different types of meaning that may be attributed to each of the non-verbal gestures (Vicente  Martinez-Manrique, 2008). In general, it can be said that language is an effective tool in describing the word but proper interpretations are still limited by the subjectivity and biases that each individual possess in relation to his or her cultural origins.