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In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の1つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって私達に伝えられるのである。  

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