The Philosophy of Linguistics, Part Two

Let's get together and talk about the philosophy of linguistics again!

We started working through these questions last time, and will finish this time.

1. What is a language?
2. What is the origin of language?
3. Why are there so many languages?
4. Can we think without language?
5. How do words mean anything at all? -- What is the relationship between a word, the concept it expresses, and the thing it refers to?
6. How do children acquire language so rapidly?
7. What is the relationship between language and truth? --Is truth a property of sentences, propositions, or something else?

Bring other questions or ideas or presentations if you wish!

Snacks provided. :)