The nature of language universals and its effect on the human biological capacity for language. Special attention paid to the relationship of the following topics to language universals: child language acquisition, second language acquisition, language simplification, pidgins and creoles, and language change. Investigates the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic foundations of human language and communication.

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