Whale song shows ‘hallmarks’ of human language

Whale song shows ‘hallmarks’ of human language

There's a reason "antidisestablishmentarianism" is more a piece of trivia than vital to the English language. Because a word that long is not what human language favours. According to experts, we tend toward efficiency and brevity — with statistical laws that

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