The faculty of language: what is it, who has it, and how did it evolve?
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Summary
It is argued that an understanding of the faculty of language requires substantial interdisciplinary cooperation and how current developments in linguistics can be profitably wedded to work in evolutionary biology, anthropology, psychology, and neuroscience is suggested.
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- review
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- 2002-11-22
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Keywords
Recursion (computer science), Set (abstract data type), Cognitive science, Domain (mathematical analysis), Computer science
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