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Salikoko S. Mufwene

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language could be humankind’s most impressive technological invention

Language Could be Humankind’s Most Impressive Technological Invention

Humans have invented many technologies to survive better – spears, pots, calculators, even language. With language, however, the raw material used to fashion the technology is the human body itself.