Re: OT: What is your qualia of consciousness / thought? (WAS: does conlanging change your sense of reality?)

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> > Less common and less easily described, there are:
> > * other linguistic-monologue kinds of thought:
> > - textual thought, which is essentially the same as an inner verbal
> > monologue except that it's not-quite-visual text (somewhat like a
> > 'typewriter' display effect) rather than psuedo-verbal speech (I've
> > only met one person who has this)
>

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> I occasionally get this, but usually as an "echo" of what I'm
> verbally thinking, not by itself.  I think it happens more often
> with Esperanto and other languages where I spend more time
> reading the language than conversing in it.
>
> I do the exact same thing.
Sometimes, I visualize text in my mind while simultaneously maintaining an
interior verbal dialogue.  I also get it more often when thinking in
Angosey, as my conlang is virtually never spoken.  I am used to writing and
reading it, and I think that's why I tend to visualize text rather than
actually "hear" it in my mind.

However, I think primarily as a running dialogue.

I also think of words as having a "feel" as well as a sound.  This is
especially strong when I'm reading authors that I like, or when reading
Angosey.  I construct Angosian words primarily based on their "feel."