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I would like to begin with a familiar and elementary conceptual distinction between two quite different questions: (1) what is a human language? (2) what is a language?
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Chomsky, N. (1980). Human Language and Other Semiotic Systems. In: Sebeok, T.A., Umiker-Sebeok, J. (eds) Speaking of Apes. Topics in Contemporary Semiotics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3012-7_21
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