Sentences with phrase «infinite number of languages»

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When we put together the power of metaphor with the combinatorial nature of language and thought, we become able to create a virtually infinite number of ideas, even though we are equipped with a finite inventory of concepts and relations.

Even though each of us has only a finite number of words in our brain (100,000 or so), we can use the rules of language to combine them into a practically endless number of sentences, conveying an infinite set of meanings.