This ability seems to require the human FOXp2 gene, and the infeasibility of using hidden Markov models for this ability was discussed in a Steven Pinker book which described it as an "instinct".
This ability seems to require the human FOXp2 gene, and the infeasibility of using hidden Markov models for this ability was discussed in a Steven Pinker book which described it as an "instinct". This faculty is impaired with damage to Wernicke's or Broca's area in the brain. The documentary Project Nim recounts attempts to bring out this ability in a chimpanzee, which failed. Subspecialists in studying this thing include morphologists and phonologists. For 10 points, name this faculty unique to humans, which is used to comprehend and utter sentences.
This ability seems to require the human FOXp2 gene, and the infeasibility of using hidden Markov models for this ability was discussed in a Steven Pinker book which described it as an "instinct".
human language [or speech] &lt;MJ&gt;