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Explicating the Conceptual Basis of Language*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

David McNeill
Affiliation:
University of Chicago

Abstract

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Notes and discussion
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Footnotes

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Preparation of this Note was supported by grants to the University of Chicago from the Spencer Foundation and the Sloan Foundation. I am indebted, as always, to Nobuko B. McNeill for commenting on the paper. Address for correspondence: Center for Cognitive Science, University of Chicago, Beecher Hall, 5848 South University Ave., Chicago, 111. 60637, U.S.A.

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