18.2481, Media: Genetics and Tone Languages

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LINGUIST List: Vol-18-2481. Thu Aug 23 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.2481, Media: Genetics and Tone Languages

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Date: 23-Aug-2007
From: Lowell Winterbottom < lowbottom at gmail.com >
Subject: Genetics and Tone Languages

 

	
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:03:32
From: Lowell Winterbottom [lowbottom at gmail.com]
Subject: Genetics and Tone Languages
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This article offers the interesting -- and controversial -- suggestion that
tone languages may be genetic:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleid=D87BB853-E7F2-99DF-3CE5ED42E188F867&ec=su_ling 


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Typology





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