Meanings
nounbioprogram (plural bioprograms)
plural bioprograms · alternative uncommon bioprogramme
- cognitive linguisticsA hypothetical program in the brain, responsible for the construction of a language from words (and thus explaining the structural similarities of unrelated creoles).
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).
2008 March 30, Michael Erard, “Walking the Talk”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Portuguese bioprograma
- bioprogramaa hypothetical program in the brain, responsible for the construction of a language
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