As a matter of fact, I know that English, as a natural language, is much more expressive in the sense that you can communicate many ideas using the same expressions.
Portuguese, for example, is much more expressive in the sense that you can communicate the same idea in many different ways, which may have different meanings.
There is also the contractions issue and the omission of the subject of an expression ("eu estava" == "eu tava" == "tava" == "I was"), which complicates it even more. And all of this is actually valid, depending on the linguist you "follow". ;)
Well, I did not make myself very clear, but this is what I wanted mean when I talked about expressiveness.
PS: I wanted to write something about linguistic relativity too, but I can't remember, lol.
Portuguese, for example, is much more expressive in the sense that you can communicate the same idea in many different ways, which may have different meanings.
There is also the contractions issue and the omission of the subject of an expression ("eu estava" == "eu tava" == "tava" == "I was"), which complicates it even more. And all of this is actually valid, depending on the linguist you "follow". ;)
Well, I did not make myself very clear, but this is what I wanted mean when I talked about expressiveness.
PS: I wanted to write something about linguistic relativity too, but I can't remember, lol.