(no subject)
I have made the observation before, but I was just reminded how similar the questions "What is a language?" and "What is a species?" are.
Ligers exist, as do tiglons, and females are fertile. Dutch is a language and Swiss German isn't. We name things in ways that aren't rigorous and then use the terms as if they have rigor.
Ligers exist, as do tiglons, and females are fertile. Dutch is a language and Swiss German isn't. We name things in ways that aren't rigorous and then use the terms as if they have rigor.