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Biology of Language
It's pretty much accepted belief that language acquisition is not learned behavior but a biological process. But how does language develop? How do babies learn to speak? In this hour: we'll explore the process of language development in a of the biology of language.
Guests:
Steven Pinker
Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
MIT
Author, "The Language Instinct"
Cambridge, MA
Myrna Gopnik
Professor of Linguistics
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
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