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The Problem of Derivation of Meaning in Relative Language
(In reference to Jainism and Wittgenstein)
Samani Ramaniya Prajna
The Problem of word and its relation with ineaning and relation of word- meaning with the truth is eternal. In this postmodern age, where much more emphasis is laid on language than on metaphysics, the analysis of the language has become center of reflection. Language is the raw material of knowledge. Knowledge is intervened in language. The two constituents of language are words and their meaning, which depicts the truth or falsity of a fact tended to communicate. Words are the smallest unit of meaning and are the carriers of meaning.
Language is the system by which patterns of meaning are communicated through patterns of signs and symbols. Words and symbols constitute the basic unit of language. Thus language is originally and essentially nothing but a system of signs and symbols, which denote real occurences or their echo in the humane soul.' Language is the medium of communication. By its nature it is inter-subjective rather than subjective.
For a long time philosophers were interested in language. Language seems to be the characteristic of human being. Language is the expression of thought and many philosophers have held that language is a reflection of reality. Language the expression of thought and thought is the reflection of reality. Hence language, thought and reality are interrelated. The view of the relatedness of language, thought and reality is very old, at least as
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