Why this report? Who are we? Dictionaries and grammars tell us that language is a structured way of expressing information, mostly between humans. But language is so much more than that: it is the foundational heritage we offer each other, most often given to us by our ancestors, and if we are lucky, passed on to those who come after us. When we think, when we speak, when we hear, when we imagine… we are using language for ourselves and each other.
