ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with certain important interrelations of language, thought, and the self. Thus A. N. Whitehead shows that the adequate use of language depends upon the ability of the brain to direct the appropriate formation of vocal sounds. The relation of language to meaning is notably brought out by common-sense observations and psychological experimentation. In one form or other both logical and fantasy thinking and the language associated with them find a place in the culture of every society. In logic, science, or art the very disciplining of mental associations implies a certain fixity and limitation to any production of contradictory or novel thought. In logic, science, or art the very disciplining of mental associations implies a certain fixity and limitation to any production of contradictory or novel thought. In the early stages of acquiring language, the word and the object are linked together in the totality of the stimulus and the response.
