Concept #2: The idea of language as a source of meaning

I know it is a pretty obvious concept, but using language as a way to convey meaning is very important. Certain things don't really mean anything until we interact with others and develop our own meanings. After reading the Language: The source of meaning section of chapter 5, I was able to get a much better understanding for how we use language as a way to create meaning of the things we have frequent interaction with. How we use language to create names for things because by creating names automatically creates meaning for us. That is something I did not even realize prior to reading this section. It makes a lot of sense. When you walk on campus, or if you are just out somewhere, and you see a person, you don't really register anything about that person mainly because you do not know who they are. However, once you meet that person, or once you recognize that person, your brain triggers the emotion for knowing this person, and knowing that some how this person has meaning to you.