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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T05:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://jonathanstephens.us",
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    "To Read",
    "Current Linguistics",
    "Etymology",
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  "textContent": "> Also this week: Some dogs learn words like children + “How to kill a language”, a new book by Sophia Smith Galer",
  "title": "Language may not be so hierarchical after all: A new study challenges 70 years of linguistic theory"
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