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Microsoft Word - Irurtzun_named.doc Some Maladaptive Traits of Natural Language Aritz Irurtzun CNRS-IKER One of the biggest issues in current biolinguistics concerns the discussion of the putative adaptive nature of human language. Thus, a range of authors defend the view that language is an eminently adaptive tool that evolved for communication purposes (cf. Pinker and Bloom (1990); Pinker and Ja