Is language dependent on thoughts

Answer 1

Yes, people can have thoughts without languange. Language is a complement to thought, the languange part enchances it, for we can have a verbal or more understanding of whatever thought is taking place.

Answer 2

Interesting question. Personally, I've always thought of it the other way around. Thought and memory are linked to comprehension of what is before you. You use language to describe whatever that thing is, so the image is tied with a verbal description. You cannot think of a red chair without thinking of the words, "red chair." For example, many adopted children from other countries, even up to around age ten, do not remember their previous life if they spoke a different language then (such as is the case with my mother). I believe memory and language are tied very, very closely. In a sense, we speak in pictures. In the most basic sense, the words we say are for the purpose of communicating an image to another person. You cannot have structured thoughts without a way of expressing the thoughts, even if only to yourself.

I don't claim this to be fact, only personal reasoning to suggest another view. :]

Answer 3

Evidences in psycholinguistics have shown that thought can exist without the presence of language. What this means is that language cannot be equated to thought. In addition, language is neutral to the thought which it conveys, it is merely a medium for transporting thought from one person to another, or as a tool for organizing and manipulating our rational thought. Language merely assists thought, just like a computer does to its user, and it can hardly be argued that they are interdependent. This is not to say thought is entirely independent of language, but its dependence seems trivial when we take other social and cultural factors into consideration.