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1. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC2804264Language: the perspective from organismal biology - PMC

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   Language is a highly specialized behavior, characterized by symbolic communication and complex pattern structures and diverse, if not unlimited, meanings.

2. berwick.mit.edu › wordpress › wp-contentThe Biological Nature of Human Language - berwick.mit.edu

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   Biolinguistics aims to shed light on the specifically biological nature of human language, focusing on five foundational questions: (1) What are the properties of the language phenotype? (2) How does language ability grow and mature in individuals? (3) How is language put to use? (4) How is language implemented in the brain?

3. oxfordre.com › linguistics › displayBiolinguistics | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics

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   All humans can acquire at least one natural language. Biolinguistics is the name given to the interdisciplinary enterprise that aims to unveil the biological bases of this unique capacity.

4. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentBiology of Language - Linguistics - Oxford Bibliographies

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   Because language is such a vast and complex object of study, it is traditionally divided into areas or component parts such as syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, and so on. Each of these subdisciplines partakes in biolinguistics.

5. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com › articles › 10Q&A: What is human language, when did it evolve and why ...

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   Jul 24, 2017 · Human language is distinct from all other known animal forms of communication in being compositional. Human language allows speakers to express thoughts in sentences comprising subjects, verbs and objects—such as ‘I kicked the ball’—and recognizing past, present and future tenses.

   • Author: Mark Pagel
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6. link.springer.com › article › 10Biolinguistics and biological systems: a complex systems ...

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   Mar 6, 2023 · Biolinguistics is a term which broadly characterises a particular naturalistic approach to the study of language. Its precise methodological and ontological nature is the topic of the present article. In fact, my aim is both descriptive and normative.

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   Is language a biological system?

   • [L]anguage is a biological system, and biological systems typically are “messy”, intricate, the result of evolutionary “tinkering”, and shaped by accidental circumstances and by physical conditions that hold of complex systems with varied functions and elements. (Chomsky 1995: 29)

   Biolinguistics and biological systems: a complex systems analysis of

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   Is language a biological object?

   • Perhaps that biology includes linguistics after all, just perhaps as one of its more inchoate subdisciplines. This is one way of appreciating what is meant by ‘language is a biological object’. And furthermore, biological objects can be studied from varying points of view. Linguistic theory offers us one such perspective. 10

   Biolinguistics and biological systems: a complex systems analysis of

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   What is the relationship between biology and linguistics?

   • 1. The inclusion of the study of language within the current biological sciences. 2. The formal study of language constrained by biological principles. 3. The extension of biology to include linguistics as a subdiscipline. The first option makes the closest connection to biology in terms of methodology and ontology.

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   What are the biological foundations of language?

   • The biological foundations of language reflect assumptions about the way language and biology relate to one another, and with the rise of biological studies of language, we appear to have come closer to a deep understanding of linguistic cognition–the part of cognition constituted by language.

   A Critical Perspective on the (Neuro)biological Foundations of Language

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   What is Biolinguistics and why is it important?

   • Biolinguistics aims to shed light on the specifically biological nature of human language, focusing on five foundational questions: (1) What are the properties of the language phenotype? (2) How does language ability grow and mature in individuals? (3) How is language put to use? (4) How is language implemented in the brain?

   The Biological Nature of Human Language - berwick.mit.edu

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   Is linguistics a subset of biology?

   • The idea is that instead of including the study of language within biology (first grade) or constraining it by means of biological principles (second grade), we merely extend biology to include linguistics as is as a proper subset. This might seem like a distinction without a difference. But there is a subtle one to be gleaned.

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8. link.springer.com › article › 10A Critical Perspective on the (Neuro)biological Foundations ...

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   Dec 23, 2022 · The biological foundations of language reflect assumptions about the way language and biology relate to one another, and with the rise of biological studies of language, we appear to have come closer to a deep understanding of linguistic cognition–the part of cognition constituted by language.