Did you know that there are 37 French translations of Alice in Wonderland, maybe even more? Well our own Prof. Kibbee has studied all of them, and has observed remarkable differences even in the use of simple words like "and" and "but". Prof. Kibbee gave a plenary talk devoted entirely to "and" at the Université de Mons (Belgium) several years ago, and his next talks will concentrate on negation. We are all passionate about language, but a whole talk about "and" just shows how complex it really is.
