Is An Instinctive Performance

The expression of our thoughts by means of language is an instinctive performance. No one can remember how or when he learned to talk. Indeed it is almost impossible to recall how, little by little, words were added to our vocabulary. However, we can remember words and phrases which have attracted us and which has become a part of our habitual stock. We may even recollect the person from whom we first heard a new word or phrase but the sum total of our retrospect accounts for only a minute fraction of our present vocabulary. We have reason to conclude the expression of our thoughts is a spontaneous action or instinctive performance.