1.   For selective pressures for linguistic ability could easily reverse in ontogeny the order I maintain would be needed in phylogeny.

2.   This is because both recognition of the trigram and comprehension of the passage being shadowed involve linguistic ability which is specialised in the left hemisphere.

3.   Linguistic ability posed special problems where one particular geographical area was concerned.

4.   The need for a pragmatic component in an integrated theory of linguistic ability can be argued for in various ways.

5.   Other languages are said to include French and German, a linguistic ability that later marked him out from other main political leaders.

6.   Some have put their linguistic abilities and former contacts abroad to good use, getting themselves jobs with foreign firms.