Evolutionary Linguistics

Evolutionary Linguistics
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9780521814508
ISBN-13 : 0521814502
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Download or read book Evolutionary Linguistics written by April McMahon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? This is an introduction to the interdisciplinary debates.


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