For universals (but not finite-state learning) visit the zoo

Evans & Levinson’s (E&L’s) major point is that human languages are intriguingly diverse rather than (like animal communication systems) uniform within the species. This does not establish a “myth” about language universals, or advance the ill-framed pseudo-debate over universal grammar. The target article does, however, repeat a troublesome myth about Fitch and Hauser’s (2004) work on pattern learning in cotton-top tamarins.

from <a href="http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6427036

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