Imagine two anthropologists, Willard and Orman, who stumble over some never-before-seen tribe. There is the usual first-contact kind of behavior: pointing, laughing, and frustrated misunderstandings. It becomes apparent that the anthropologists need to decipher this tribe’s language. But, without Google Translate or pocket dictionaries, it turns out that working out a language from scratch is hard work. One day, a hunting party and the anthropologists are out in a woodland clearing when a rabbit... Read this story
