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Road to language: Longer, more believable, more relevant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

R. Allen Gardner
R. Allen Gardner*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557
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gardner@unr.edu
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Abstract:

A realistic developmental view of language acquisition recognizes vocabulary and pragmatics as well as grammar with a lengthy period of growth in a favorable environment. Cross-fostering is a tool of behavioral biology for studying the interaction between genetic endowment and developmental environment. Sign language studies of cross-fostered chimpanzees measure development in a nearly human environment.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 285 - 286
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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