To what extent is language an independent "way of knowing"- or is it always used in interaction with one or more of the other "ways of knowing"?
I think language is a very dependent way of knowing because it relies greatly on the other ways of knowing.
Firstly, language depends on general acceptance. This ties in to the reason as a a way of knowing, for we would not be a able to define words, and understand what they mean without it. Reason leads to the ability to create a general acceptance of a word, and creates the basis for rules such as grammar, etc.
Emotion is also vital when talking about language, because we require emotion to use the proper words to express our feelings and thoughts. Language in a sense, is used to express and communicate emotions as well and to enable us to understand the person we are talking to.
Language lastly is also influenced by perception, because we need perception to observe an object, analyze its characteristics, and lastly define it with a term, depending under what category it falls.Perception provides us with a visual for a word. When we hear a word, we are able to make a visual in our mind, and this is termed Image Theory. Without perception, the word would not bring this sort of vividness to our words. When we see a window, we must employ perception first, to see what it looks like, and then reason, to think if it can be considered a window. This process happens very fast in your usual environment, but it is harder if something is unfamiliar to you.
Without reason and perception, language could not exist. We could still have terms, but without the other ways of knowing, you would not be able to associate these words to objects.
