MIT claims to have found a "language universal" that ties all languages together - 2 views
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codypunzal16 on 11 Oct 15Language takes an astonishing variety of forms across the world-to such a huge extent that a long-standing debate rages around the question of whether all languages have even a single property in common. Well, there's a new candidate for the elusive title of "language universal" according to a paper in this week's issue of PNAS.