Who argues that language is a unique evolutionary development of the human species and distinguished from modes of communication used by any other animal species ?
Correct answer: C. Noam Chomsky
- A. Ferdenand de Sassure
- B. Albert Chomsky
- C. Noam Chomsky
- D. Noah Webster
Explanation
Noam Chomsky argues that human language is a distinctive evolutionary capacity, unlike the communication systems of other animals. Ferdinand de Saussure is chiefly associated with structural linguistics and semiotics.
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