There are so many standpoints one could take in this paper, but I will only examine a few possibilities. Each person communicates in a different way, which tells us there are many ways in which language limits us. First, language limits our perceptions. Second, words are arbitrary. Words have many different meanings, what we need to pay attention to is the context each is used in.
Language limits our perceptions.
Many times we need nonverbal communication to accompany the verbal message in order to understand correctly the idea being conveyed to us. On the other hand, nonverbal behavior assists us when there is no verbal way to express something. This presents a problem when our verbal and nonverbal messages are not consistent. Verbally we can say one thing but say something else with our nonverbal behaviors which is very confusing to the receiver. Nonverbal assists us in our ability to detect deception.