I Saw the Dog

Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost infinitely varied: a French speaker can't conceive of a world that isn't split into un and une , male and female, while Estonians have only one word for both men and women: tema . In Dyirbal, an Australian language, things might be masculine, feminine, neuter - or edible vegetable. Every language tells us s