Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.

Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.

语言是第一位。并不是说语言是从意识中产生的，如果你没有语言，你就不会有意识。

-- Alan Moore 艾伦·摩尔