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Is human language just another neurobiological specialization?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Stephen F. Walker
Affiliation:
Centre for Life Sciences, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom, s.walker@psychology.bbk.ac.uk

Abstract

One can disagree with Müller that it is neurobiologically questionable to suppose that human language is innate, specialized, and species-specific, yet agree that the precise brain mechanisms controlling language in any individual will be influenced by epigenesis and genetic variability, and that the interplay between inherited and acquired aspects of linguistic capacity deserves to be investigated.

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