before you could speak that is. researchers try to hone in on the content of baby thought. their findings suggest that “humans possess a rich set of concepts before we learn language. learning a particular language may lead us to favor some of these concepts over others, but the concepts already existed before we put them into words.” seems obvious. speaking of language, also want to post this fine link (friend of a friend) which provides me with much etymological fun: the double-tongued word wrester.