Do you agree with D. Likhachev's opinion that "a person's language is his worldview and behavior"?
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The opinion of the brilliant academician D. Likhachev is not easy and it is still necessary to correctly understand and interpret it:
using the human language, the Speech Master will be able to tell you a lot about a person – about their worldview and behavior – and AI will be able to do this very successfully in the future.
There are quite a few people with a formally excellent language (a high linguistic formal culture), but far from excellent behavior and worldview (this is a completely different culture). The opposite is also true.
Brilliant writers were not necessarily geniuses of behavior and worldview. This does not detract from their great literary achievements.
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Yes, of course. Language itself is never neutral, and the way a person uses this greatest, sacred instrument speaks about his intellectual and spiritual development. The language is the best way to identify what a person is, what he was brought up on and what his values are, etc. Also, knowledge of the language makes it easy to distinguish charlatans and demagogues who play on connotations and euphemisms from people who are educated, honest and decent.
The opinion of the brilliant academician D. Likhachev is not easy and it is still necessary to correctly understand and interpret it:
using the human language, the Speech Master will be able to tell you a lot about a person – about their worldview and behavior – and AI will be able to do this very successfully in the future.
There are quite a few people with a formally excellent language (a high linguistic formal culture), but far from excellent behavior and worldview (this is a completely different culture). The opposite is also true.
Brilliant writers were not necessarily geniuses of behavior and worldview. This does not detract from their great literary achievements.
Yes, of course. Language itself is never neutral, and the way a person uses this greatest, sacred instrument speaks about his intellectual and spiritual development. The language is the best way to identify what a person is, what he was brought up on and what his values are, etc. Also, knowledge of the language makes it easy to distinguish charlatans and demagogues who play on connotations and euphemisms from people who are educated, honest and decent.