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Susan.
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It focuses on the universal
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properties common to a given language.
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You're quoting the text. Give me an example.
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French.
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Uh, spoken worldwide, but the same phrase in Paris
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might have a completely different inference in Montreal.
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That's right. This theory looks at the cultural stages
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a particular language undergoes
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in order to understand its evolution.
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Who can tell me the first stage?
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Anton.