Please focus on Heidegger and Gadamer and mainly talk about if language can have a formative effect on thought and what the linguistic nature of background beliefs means for interpreting texts. Here is the full prompt n this paper, the issue is how exactly hermeneutic philosophers understand language, and why language is crucial for thought and interpretation. The major sources for this project are Humboldt, Heidegger, and Gadamer, because Humboldt develops the first full-fledged hermeneutic philosophy of language, while Gadamer (following the influence of Heidegger) refines its articulation. How could language have a formative effect on thought? How are beliefs effected by their linguistic mediation? What does the linguistic nature of background beliefs mean for interpreting texts? What is a linguistic world-view and what is linguistic world disclosure? How is an understanding of truth possible given that we necessarily have to draw on our cultural-historical background?