Word, Sense and the Essence: The Talisam of Words

Abstract

Words are like bricks. They have a racial stock. Like bricks, they are full of racial memories. They radiate meanings. Different at different times, and as different to different people. A word’s meaning depends so much on how it is pronounced, and where [in the arrangement of the sentence] it is placed. Bricks may be insensitive, but words are not. They are highly sensitive blocks which build the structures of thought. And when people hold convictions, they are believing in the power of the word. Thus, it can be said that words not only confine themselves to the paper on which they are written, they also affect the mind, and a whole style of living and being of a community. The present study deals with the life of words, and an effort has been made to go into their sense, and then, to inquire how it all turns into an essence. It appears to be a progression as in degrees of comparison. Starting with the word, we move on to its sense, and then, at the third stage lies its essence. This article tries out to find out how words gain their sense, and what brings about their essence. Not without ascertaining the effect of time and the change of personalities on their life.