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and something a lot more similar to
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the development of arms or legs or a visual system.
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Well, should we believe this?
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We know there has to be some effect of the environment
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shaping language, obviously,
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because in order to know English you have to have heard English,
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in order to know Dutch
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you have had to heard, to--had to have learned and heard Dutch.
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And in fact, languages differ in all the ways
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that we were talking about.
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Some languages like English
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has a-- have a distinction between 'l' and 'r.'