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Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.; Ivanov, V. V. – Scientific American, 1990
The relationship between Eastern and Western languages is explored. Possible origins and the spread of language over the Eurasian land mass are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Evolution, Indo European Languages, Language Patterns, Language Universals
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Pinker, Stephen – Science, 1991
Focuses on a single rule of grammar to produce evidence of a memory system for language acquisition and processing that is modular; independent of real-world meaning; unaffected by frequency and similarity; sensitive to formal distinctions; more sophisticated than the explicitly-taught rules it subsumes; developed independently of ambient input;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Diachronic Linguistics, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition