Words exist to describe everything that is alive to us, but as language users most of us only have a handful of words at our perusal compared to the vast number that are in existence. We as language users need to diminish the limitation we have placed on ourselves. We need to become more active residents of our language. By expanding the amount of words at our disposal we can easily break down the limitation and make ourselves more alive in the realm of experiencing language. Sometimes we use words to hide dow we feel.
Words become an easy escape when placed in a sticky situation.
We use words as a way to block our need to iterate our true feelings. The simple, common expression is easier and more readily available. We place limitations on ourselves by being unable to gain enough mastery over language to describe anything that can be seen, touched, smelled, tasted, or heard. The User of Language Inability to Describe Language Look up language in the dictionary and I am sure that you will find a numeron definition, like if not exactly like the one Dr. William's gave in class. That definition is fine but it leaves out the most important part, that language is an experience.