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Angela D. Friederici, Language in our Brain: The Origins of a Uniquely Human Capacity. Cambridge, MA & London: The MIT Press, 2017. Pp. xiii + 284.

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Angela D. Friederici, Language in our Brain: The Origins of a Uniquely Human Capacity. Cambridge, MA & London: The MIT Press, 2017. Pp. xiii + 284.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2018

Mikael Roll
Mikael Roll*
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Center for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Box 201, 221 00 Lund, Sweden. mikael.roll@ling.lu.se
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , December 2018 , pp. 379 - 381
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