When we say that language enables us to speak hypothetically, we mean?

Are people more motivated to change from positive or negative experiences, like slavery, womens rights, and any other historical movements/moments? i need more factual information than opinions.

Including place names directions and distances describe a route harriet tubman was likely to have followed from her slave home near bucktown to philadelphia

Tyler heard a story from a friend about a woman who was being beaten by her husband. he decided that the only reason the woman stayed with her husband was because she was too weak to leave him. in this case, tyler was using his sociological imagination.