ABSTRACT
Language and thought interact in various ways. What is the relation between language and thought? This question has engaged philosophers, linguists, and psychologists for centuries. There is, of course, no single answer to the question, just as there are no single definitions of the concepts language and thought. Depending on our conceptions of language and thinking, we can say that language determines thought, that thought determines language, and that thought and language are independent of one another. Any one or all of the statements may be true. In what senses are they true, and how may thought and language interact with one another?
