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...... Pinker also asserts that language is instinctual in that children will have language without being overtly taught a language. Further, he supports his view that language is instinctual by stating that language was developed for an adaptive purpose. Humans, as social hunter-gathers with few of the instincts present in non-humans, had to develop language to survive
While music and dance can be categorized as languages with specific grammars, it is difficult to make the argument that they are also instinctual. Most simply, not everyone participates in music and dance and it is more than possible to survive without participating. In fact, there are cultures, specifically religious cultures, in which one or both are restricted or forbidden. It could then be argued that some cultures, for example, monastic cultures, also restrict spoken or written language. However, Pinker demonstrates that in cultures where language is seemingly limited, by physical impairment for example, other forms of language develop spontaneously. It is not possible to not communicate. It is quite possible to exist without music or dance......

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