Abstract
By and large, any worldview is an abstract and a philosophic frame of mind towards life, and rest of the world as a whole as opposed to a corresponding worldview. The relationship between mind, language and culture in the greater context of worldview is vital and critical. The three are interlinked in an evolution reflecting harmony or disharmony. For in the function of the mind, the shaft of light is language. Language inhabits the Kosmos, the world of its own. It is also the main instrument in the development of mind and culture. Language is not only a means of communication but the structure of the language and phrase has logic of its own. It produces a type of thought based either on cognition or dissonance resulting in reflection or problem respectively. Language creates its own reality and feels its way towards that reality. Learning a language alters the mind. By knowing a language one enters into its world. This world has its own symbols and a cultural background leading to a type of mind and way of thinking. For the way we live and think is culture. One does not speak a language; it is like living in that language and breathing in its ambiance. The ability to speak an additional language transcends the specificity of mother tongue. It is akin to stepping into geometry after learning arithmetic.
Dr. Khalil-ur-Rehman, . (2012) Mind, Language & Culture , The Dialogue, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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