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The Intelligence from The Economist

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Linguistic Connections: The Universality of Maternal and Paternal Terms

This chapter examines the similarities in the words for 'mother' and 'father' across different languages, proposing that these commonalities arise from early human language development. It highlights theories on how infants' babbling influences the formation of these terms, linking language with human growth and communication.

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