Doing Things With Words--Yet Again

I ran into a friend from class at a party on Saturday night, and we randomly started discussing how we do things with words. It's pretty obvious, as it's done on a daily basis, but it's something that's almost subconscious, taken for granted even.  It's hard to imagine how else we could possibly communicate, were it not for our capacity for language. The formation of words to express thoughts and feelings is something truly unique to humans, even though countless of other animals have their own means of communication. None of it, I think, comes even close to our ability to use words, nor is it just as efficient. We sat there and chatted for a good half hour, and all the while, we were building rapport. Later that night, I thought about how critical language is...most of our day-to-day interactions center around our use of words, and all our relationships are a result of the very words we exchange with people.