Read Wittgenstein. Or, don't read Wittgenstein, but read about Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein pioneered the picture theory of language--i.e. the idea that language

Read Wittgenstein. Or, don't read Wittgenstein, but read about Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein pioneered the picture theory of language--i.e. the idea that language represents the world. He later gave up on this idea and began to think about language as a tool. He coined the term "language-game". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language-game_(philosophy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language-game_(philosophy)