Linguists have long considered grammar to be the glue of language, and key to how children learn it. But new prose-writing AIs suggest language experience may be more important than grammar.
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Professor of Social Interaction, Loughborough University
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Philosopher, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Chair of Linguistics, University of Sydney
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