Bioprogram
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bioprogram is a noun meaning (cognitive linguistics) A hypothetical program in the brain, responsible for the construction of a language from words (and thus explaining the structural similarities of unrelated creoles).
Meaning
(cognitive linguistics) A hypothetical program in the brain, responsible for the construction of a language from words (and thus explaining the structural similarities of unrelated creoles).
Example Sentences
Bickerton swats down all these theories and explains how he arrived at his own solution, the language bioprogram hypothesis, which he elaborated in the book “Roots of Language” (1981).
Word Forms
- bioprograms
- bioprogramme
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metaprogram, bracketer, prolog, metaprogramming, superprogram, gnisrap.
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