Nature: Linguist weighs in on controversial study of evolution of languages

Release Date: April 13, 2011 This content is archived.

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An article in Nature about a controversial study on the evolution of languages and the debate over whether languages share universal grammatical features quotes Matthew Dryer, professor of linguistics. "There is nothing in the paper that brings into question the views that they are arguing against," he said.

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