ABSTRACT
Now imagine what it would be like if we humans had not developed language. We could still have the same brains, brains that were capable of learning from experience. So we could still store all of the same information about kitchen, but we would have no easy way to access this information. Without the organizing principle of vocabulary, all of the facts and experiences that we accumulated across time concerning kitchen would be randomly scattered across our brains as they occurred and, as a result, be rendered almost inaccessible. Obviously, the ability to communicate is certainly a very powerful advantage that language provides us humans. However, the ability to organize and access stored information is, perhaps, equally as important as the ability to communicate this information. And, again, central to this organization and access is vocabulary.
