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In order to be able to prove the statement ‘Language came after thought’, the words ‘language’ and ‘thought’ first will have to be defined. Language could be described as a system for formulating and communicating information, t ....

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.... mind above the water level, on the surface of consciousness, but by far the biggest part of it is hidden underwater, in the unconscious mind. Recent research has shown that only a very tiny proportion of our unconscious thinking is converted to conscious thinking. This conversion processes like the search engine in a computer: this ‘search engine’ unconsciously selects the thoughts we want to be available for our conscious mind. Then a small part of the thoughts from the unconscious component of the mind, the part that is aware of, and to a certain extent induces the person’s choice of action, is consciously translated into language ....