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- noun linguistics A
hypothetical program in thebrain , responsible for the construction of alanguage fromwords (and thus explaining the structural similarities of unrelatedcreoles ).
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Examples
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If history can explain these parallels, then Bickerton's case for a "bioprogram" is not convincing.
Roots of Creole Holm, John 1982
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We doubted in our review whether a "bioprogram" alone produced them in various Creoles.
Roots of Creole Holm, John 1982
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The question is whether any real evidence for a "bioprogram" can be found in creole languages.
Roots of Creole Holm, John 1982
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This time, there are substantial reasons to think that his exciting discovery of a "bioprogram," an innate predisposition to learn particular categories in human language, is in fact illfounded.
Roots of Creole Holm, John 1982
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There are two problems with this ˜language bioprogram hypothesis,™ as it is known in the creolization literature.
Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008
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ISN is an interesting test case of the bioprogram hypothesis for two reasons.
Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008
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“On the language bioprogram hypothesis: hints from Tarzie”, Language Creation and Language Change:
Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008
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In the computer model of the universe, chemical information (abioprogram) exists as coded in the form of chemical structures while the biological information (bioprogram) exists as stored information on chromosomes (biomemory).
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science PZ Myers none@example.com 2010
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In the computer model of the universe, chemical information (abioprogram) exists as coded in the form of chemical structures while the biological information (bioprogram) exists as stored information on chromosomes (biomemory).
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science PZ Myers none@example.com 2010
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The idea that observed similarities between creoles are due to a linguistic system common to all humans is known as the '' [[language bioprogram hypothesis]] '' (LBH), as devised by [[Derek Bickerton]].
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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