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Human language occupies the intersection of our systems for representation and communication. Interactions between “nature and nurture”—reflected in the sculpting forces of maturation and experience and in the synergy between altriciality and plasticity—provide our foundation for language. Developmental cascades, in turn, characterize our acquisition of language.
