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Genetic Insights into Language Study by celaconde is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses recent genetic contributions to the study of language. It begins by reviewing two main approaches to studying language - generativism and functionalism. It then describes a family known as the KE family, in which approximately half the members across three generations have a severe speech and language disorder. Studies found the disorder is caused by a dominant autosomal monogenic inheritance. The disorder provides an opportunity to directly study the relationship between genes and l

Author
celaconde
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EN