the limits of language theme

The idea that language is not always up to the task of accurately expressing thoughts and notions on one hand, or objective reality on the other, is expressed.

2 total · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds96x04 minor Female Changeling discussed about feeling confined by language in communication with Odo
shortstory: The Machine Man of Arthadia (1927) minor The time traveler restricted at times expressing himself in Matthews' primitive language consisting of only a few thousand words.