BEDA #3 Language

I've been thinking a lot about language, and how it conveys incredibly complex ideas in a very simple form. The phrase "The boy jumped." gives us so much information that is not in anyway explicitly stated. It lets us know that at a given point in the past, a small, male, human, probably between the ages of 2 and 14, with two legs, starting on the ground or on another such plane, was able-bodied enough to propel himself into the air and land back down safely with minimal physical damage done.
It's crazy, through the word "boy" in that sentence, we gain knowledge of the subject's age, size, gender, species, and a vague understanding of their state of wellness. Just the fact that we know he's a human we assume that he has two legs, two arms, eyes, ears, etc.
We don't know any of that for certain, but we assume all of these things about humans until it is stated otherwise.
But what's even crazier is that nowhere in that sentence does it even say that "boy" is referring to a human! We say "Come here boy!" to our dogs all the time, but when we hear "the boy" in that sentence, we don't think that it is talking about a dog (even though dogs can jump). Though there's nothing inherent in the word "the" that specifies humanity

So much of everything we know and that we use to communicate is implied, which I think may be why mis-communication is prevalent in so many stories and such, and in reality. The idea of learning a new language, and understanding all of those implications is mind-boggling, but I guess through common knowledge shared by nearly all humanity, those implications seem to be universally tacit.

Also today was the last day of the puppetry intercession and I have lots of math to do that I'm avoiding tonight.
Pics tomorrow.
I can't find it on the internet, but my song of the day is Broken Beads by The New Pornographers.