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The Genetic Predisposition for Language Development

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Chomsky believed language is in our genes, that we have language, not because of nurture but because of nature (environment--interactions) that designed us to talk.
Are we born with the basic principles of language?

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I think that we are born with the basic principles of language, due to the fact that there is an area of the brain that is associated with speech. In addition, other areas of ...

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