More evidence that we are not born blank slates, and that language is probably very ancient, developing over hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years.
Humans are unique in their ability to acquire language. But how? A new study shows that we are in fact born with the basic fundamental knowledge of language, thus shedding light on the age-old linguistic ‘nature vs. nurture’ debate.
via Language structure: You’re born with it — ScienceDaily.

Interesting. That’s a keeper.
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Instinctual language learning
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