The Reason Why You Learn Mandarin

China's economy is booming for one

China's economy is booming for one. China is an incredibly different culture and Mandarin holds the key to exploring China on its own terms. One reason that is seldom mentioned is the effect a new language can have on a person's way of thinking. The argument goes something like this: the way we think is inherently linked to language, our thoughts are defined by the vocabulary that we know - the greater the scope and depth of our linguistic capabilities, the more complex and deep ideas can be articulated in our minds and to others. By learning more words within our mother tongue we can enhance our ability to analyze and understand the world around us. By learning words in a foreign language this effect can be increased many times over as the ideas and relationships described by an alien tongue are more different than those we have encountered in our own. I will now try to expand and exemplify this reasoning further and then explain how different Mandarin actually is from those languages that are derived from the Latin and Germanic branches of languages.

If we map every possible idea that we can have in the form of a circle we can visually explore how these ideas can be best thought of. In the center of the circle we put the absolute most basic ideas. The idea that eating solves the problem of hunger might be the idea at the very center. As we progress outwards in all directions ideas get more complicated. At the fringe of the circle we can probably find the general theory of relativity, slightly closer to the perimeter we would plot the special theory of relativity and at the very perimeter we have ideas no one has thought of yet. If a person understands complicated statistics and mathematics it would be much easier for them to learn Economics than if they did not. Therefore Economics should be placed between the areas that represent math and statistics. If one connects the dots of cyclical relationships in math (the sinus and co sinus curves are examples of this) and some basic statistical analysis of how the economy has fared over the last century, one would thought of the business cycle (for example) - which was exactly how that idea was modeled in the first place.

Now that we have that picture in mind: a great circle which represents every idea there is, and we have that example of how two dots were connected to create a new realization we can conclude this; if we can gain access to dots far from the ones we already have firmly in our mind, really great new concepts can be arrived at. What do we get if we mix a few art dots with a few dots pertaining to how people assimilate information? We probably invent typography, web design and newspaper layout in one fell swoop.

If you could increase your ability to think by learning more native words, and even more so by learning a new language like French or German, your brain is in for an absolute firework display of explosively colorful possibilities when you sit down and put some effort into Mandarin. This may not seem as reason enough to learn a complicated language. But coupled with the employment and cultural aspects that I started this article of with, it is one major kicker that can hardly be overstated in the context of added bonuses to new language learning.

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