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The functionality of the study of language origin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Antoni Gomila
Antoni Gomila
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Philosophy Department, University of the Balearic Islands, 07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Electronic mall: [email protected]
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 180 - 182
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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