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A New York Times Editor’s ChoiceAn Economist Best Book of 2010A Monetary Times Best Book of 2010A Library Journal Best Book of 2010The discussion is ages-old: Where does language originate from? Could it be an artifact of our tradition or created within our very DNA? Recently, the issue has been seemingly settled by the leading linguists: all languages are fundamentally exactly the same and the specific language we talk doesn't form our thinking in just about any substantial way. Man Deutscher claims they’re wrong.