That is not what our species is called, but it would not be an inappropriate label. For the faculty of language is perhaps our most distinctive attribute, without which human cultures and economies could not have developed, without which there could be no science and no religion. The Language Science group at UWA consists of people who come from a number of different disciplinary interests and departments but who have teaching and research interests in the area broadly defined to include cognitive, physical and social aspects of language, Language Science. 2002 seminar program. People Click here for a partial list of the people involved in the UWA Language Science group, with information on their research interests and teaching in the language science area.
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Contact For more information on the UWA Language Science group, contact John Henderson Department of Linguistics extn.