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Returning language to culture by way of biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Bjorn Merker
Bjorn Merker
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Gamla Kyrkv. 44, SE-14171 Segeltorp, Sweden. gyr694c@tninet.se
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Abstract

Conflation of our unique human endowment for language with innate, so-called universal, grammar has banished language from its biological home. The facts reviewed by Evans & Levinson (E&L) fit the biology of cultural transmission. My commentary highlights our dedicated learning capacity for vocal production learning as the form of our language endowment compatible with those facts.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 460 - 461
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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