KE family

KE family

First discovered by the genetiscist Jane Hurst, the KE Family has a genetic mutation that causes them to have speech problems. A team of geneticists made a study of this family in 1998 to try to pinpoint a gene responsible for language production. Some argue that the gene identified, FOXP2 is responsible. Others argue that their difficulty in speaking is not the result of a problematic language-specific gene. This argument is based on the fact that in addition to problems with speech and grammar, they also have trouble with certain motor skills.

Additional reading

* cite web
url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1004_TVlanguagegene.html
title=Scientists Identify a Language Gene
accessdate=2008-03-26
author=Bijal P. Trivedi
date=2001-10-04
publisher=National Geographic Today

* cite paper
author=Vargha-Khadem F, Watkins K, Alcock K, Fletcher P, Passingham R
title=Praxic and nonverbal cognitive deficits in a large family with a genetically transmitted speech and language disorder
publisher=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
date = January 1995
url = http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/92/3/930
format = PDF
id = Vol. 92, pp. 930-933
accessdate = 2008-03-26

* cite journal
last = MacWhinney
first = Brian
title = Language Emergence
journal = An integrated view of language development - Papers in honor of Henning Wode
pages = 17–42
publisher = Trier: Wissenshaftliche Verlag
date = 2002
url = http://psyling.psy.cmu.edu/papers/emergentism/emerge.pdf
accessdate = 2006-03-26


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