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I interpreted the quotes as implying that the children hadn’t developed a full human language, but rather the rudimentary beginnings of one. Independently of wh
by School-Cotton 4y ago
I interpreted the quotes as implying that the children hadn’t developed a full human language, but rather the rudimentary beginnings of one. Independently of whether it’s signed or spoken.
(You are indeed correct that sign languages are full-blown languages, not just re-encodings of the local spoken language as many people think.)
- bradrn 4y agoNicaraguan Sign Language is a full language, though.
- ravi-delia 4y agoBut that's not what (scanning back through the article) the author used quotation marks for. They mostly talk about children forming a sort of pigeon in a laboratory setup.
- yencabulator 4y agoPidgin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin
- ravi-delia 4y agoSeems to be out of editing range now, but worth noting for the next reader. Oh English homophones, bane of mine own heart.
- School-Cotton 4y agoYes, I know.
- civopsec 4y ago> I interpreted the quotes as implying that the children hadn’t developed a full human language, but rather the rudimentary beginnings of one. A language, in other words.